Casual

/ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/ · adjective

Meaning

Happening by chance..

Definitions by Sense

1. Happening by chance.
2. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
3. Employed irregularly.
4. Careless.
5. Happening or coming to pass without design.
6. (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
7. (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
8. (British, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

Example Sentences

They only had casual meetings.

casual breaks, in the general system

The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense.

a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture

He was just a casual worker.

This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.

I removed my jacket and threw it casually over the back of the settee.

It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

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Word Forms

• more casual
• most casual
• casuall
• cazh
• casuals

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