Definitions for: Casual


[adj] hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
[adj] marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
[adj] not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"
[adj] suited for everyday use; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"
[adj] natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"
[adj] characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
[adj] occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
[adj] without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
[adj] employed in a specified capacity from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cas"u*al, a. [OE. casuel, F. casuel, fr. L. casualis,
fr. casus fall, accident, fr. cadere to fall. See Case.]
1. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without
being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming
by chance.

Casual breaks, in the general system. --W. Irving.

2. Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as,
casual expenses.

A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture.
--Hawthorne.

Syn: Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional;
contingent; unforeseen. See Accidental.


Cas"u*al, n.
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he
does not belong; a vagrant.

Synonyms: accidental, careless, chance(a), cursory, easy, effortless, everyday, fooling, free-and-easy, informal, insouciant, irregular, light, nonchalant, occasional, passing(a), perfunctory, unconcerned, unplanned

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