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casual
/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
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What does casual mean?
adjective
- Happening by chance.
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- Employed irregularly.
More meanings (13)
adjective
- Careless.
- Happening or coming to pass without design.
- Informal; relaxed.
- Designed for informal or everyday use.
noun
- A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
- (slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
- (historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- (historical) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
- (derogatory, informal) A player of casual games.
- (dated) A tramp.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
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See this word in context.
It seemed a strangely inopportune moment for a proud member of a proud race to unbend in casual conversation with a captor.
Perhaps one reason why she seduces casual attention is that she never courts it, though the other women often gaze around them.
More book examples (3)
“I am going down to Thurston's this morning, and order that piano sent up today,” he announced presently, in a casual way.
There are a good lot of "moochers" go to Casual Wards, but there are large numbers of men who only want work.
There is now but little reliance on casual observations recorded by those who have not undergone the necessary discipline in these methods.