Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being without ceremony or formality; relaxed or informal.
- adjective Unpremeditated or offhand.
- adjective Suited for everyday wear or informal use.
- adjective Not serious or thorough; superficial.
- adjective Showing little interest or concern; nonchalant.
- adjective Occurring or being such by chance: synonym: chance.
- adjective Occurring at irregular or infrequent intervals; occasional.
- adjective Employed on an irregular basis.
- adjective Socialized with only occasionally; not close or intimate.
- adjective Being or occurring between sexual partners who are not in an established relationship.
- noun One that serves or appears at irregular intervals, especially a temporary worker.
- noun Casualwear.
- noun A soldier temporarily attached to a unit while awaiting permanent assignment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Happening or coming to pass without (apparent) cause, without design on the part of the agent, in an unaccountable manner, or as a mere coincidence or accident; coming by chance; accidental; fortuitous; indeterminate: as, a casual encounter.
- Occasional; coming at uncertain times, or without regularity, in distinction from
stated or regular; incidental: as, casual expenses. - noun A person who receives relief and shelter for one night at the most in a workhouse or police-station, or who receives treatment in a hospital for an accidental injury.
- noun A laborer or an artisan employed only irregularly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
- adjective Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental.
- noun One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Happening by chance.
- adjective Coming without regularity; occasional or
incidental . - adjective Employed irregularly
- adjective
Careless . - adjective Happening or coming to pass without design.
- adjective Informal, relaxed.
- adjective Designed for informal use.
- noun UK, New Zealand A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- noun A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
- noun UK A member of a group of
football hooligans who wear expensivedesigner clothing to avoid police attention; see Casual (subculture). - noun One who receives
relief for a night in aparish to which he does not belong; avagrant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- adjective natural and unstudied
- adjective hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- adjective not showing effort or strain
- adjective characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- adjective occurring from time to time
- adjective without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- adjective appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- adjective marked by blithe unconcern
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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In a way, I think the issue here is that there are two very different senses of the term casual that we could think about with the MMOG marketplace.
MMOGs and Mulligans 2005
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More pertinently, I'm deeply dubious about the word "casual" when it comes to relationships of the heart.
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They've really just been having what they describe as casual conversations with him.
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After going through what she referred to as a casual psychological interview and weeks of daily injections of hormones (similar to the hormones her own body produces, but at much higher doses), Shield produced approximately 26 eggs.
Articles 2009
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The wildlife officer, in casual conversation, asks Hunter Joe where that deer came from.
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Street conversations are good practice, for sure, but people in casual conversations are not going to correct your errors, if only because they are too polite to do so.
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Street conversations are good practice, for sure, but people in casual conversations are not going to correct your errors, if only because they are too polite to do so.
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As to exactly what happens if you fail to renew the trust, I don't really know, although in casual conversations with my notario publico he assured me that it would NEVER fall out of my control.
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Street conversations are good practice, for sure, but people in casual conversations are not going to correct your errors, if only because they are too polite to do so.
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The wildlife officer, in casual conversation, asks Hunter Joe where that deer came from.
Prolagus commented on the word casual
19215 is the casual number par excellence. See bugs.
December 24, 2008
tankhughes commented on the word casual
"fuckin casuals" "a filthy casual"
Often refers to casual gamer - not someone who plays often or who only plays party games. Not someone who plays hardcore/war games like an FPS.
But in this sketch, just a general sort of "basic bitch" designation: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCFWcNfKE12/
November 10, 2024