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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Casual \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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Casual \Cas"u*al\, n. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: casual 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: {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: suited for everyday use "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: {everyday}] 4: 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" [syn: {accidental}, {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: {cursory}, {passing(a)}, {perfunctory}] 6: employed in a specified capacity from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker" [syn: {occasional}] 7: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about it is no fooling matter" [syn: {fooling}] 8: natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a familiar style" [syn: {familiar}, {free-and-easy}] 9: not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace" [syn: {effortless}]
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