Casual - Definition

adj 1: 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" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]
2: without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a
casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and
in their spare time"
3: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual
clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday,
daily]
4: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help
from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance
occurrence" [syn: casual, chance(a)]
5: 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"
[syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory]
6: occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual
correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
[syn: casual, occasional]
7: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken
back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
[syn: fooling, casual]
8: natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a
casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style" [syn: free-
and-easy, casual]
9: not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed
with casual mastery"; "careless grace" [syn: casual,
effortless]