casual, adj.
freq. cnt. 9
freq. cnt. 9
marked by blithe unconcern
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
casual insouciant nonchalant
sample sentences
"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"
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appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
casual daily everyday
sample sentences
"casual clothes""everyday clothes"
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without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
casual
sample sentences
"a casual remark""information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
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hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
casual cursory passing perfunctory superficial
sample sentences
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws""a passing glance"
"perfunctory courtesy"
"In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"
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occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
casual chance
sample sentences
"seek help from casual passers-by""a casual meeting"
"a chance occurrence"
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not showing effort or strain
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casual effortless
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"a difficult feat performed with casual mastery""careless grace"
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natural and unstudied
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casual free-and-easy
sample sentences
"using their Christian names in a casual way""lectured in a free-and-easy style"
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characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
casual fooling
sample sentences
"a broken back is nothing to be casual aboutit is no fooling matter"
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occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
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casual occasional
sample sentences
"casual employment""a casual correspondence with a former teacher"
"an occasional worker"
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