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Definition of Casual
1. Adjective. Marked by blithe unconcern. "Was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
Similar to: Unconcerned
Derivative terms: Casualness, Insouciance, Nonchalance
2. Adjective. Without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand. "Information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
3. Adjective. Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions. "Everyday clothes"
4. Adjective. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance. "A chance occurrence"
5. Adjective. Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough. "Perfunctory courtesy"
6. Adjective. Occurring from time to time. "An occasional worker"
7. Adjective. Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility. "A broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
8. Adjective. Natural and unstudied. "Lectured in a free-and-easy style"
9. Adjective. Not showing effort or strain. "Careless grace"
Definition of Casual
1. a. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
2. n. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Definition of Casual
1. Adjective. Happening by chance. ¹
2. Adjective. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental. ¹
3. Adjective. Employed irregularly ¹
4. Adjective. Careless. ¹
5. Adjective. Happening or coming to pass without design. ¹
6. Adjective. Informal, relaxed. ¹
7. Adjective. Designed for informal use. ¹
8. Noun. (British NZ) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee. ¹
9. Noun. A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty. ¹
10. Noun. (U.K.) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see (w Casual (subculture)). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Casual
1. one who works occasionally [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casual
Literary usage of Casual
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"That casual homicide, homicide in lawful defence, and homicide committed upon
thieves, ... And then further statutes, That even in case of homicide casual, ..."
2. National Drug Control Strategy: A Nation Responds to Drug Use (1992)
"As was stated in the first National Drug Control Strategy (1989), these casual
users are likely to have a still-intact family, social, and work life. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"... for medicines supplied to the pauper during his casual residence there (<)• \Vhere
the obligation is a legal one, the parties who ought to discharge it ..."
4. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"Where there is any thing unusual in the manner of serving the declaration, it
should be mentioned to the court on moving for judgment against the casual ..."
5. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"But I saw not, and he saw not What shining life-tides flowed To me-ward from his
casual jot Of service on that road. We all do what we can ; 'Twas only what ..."
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