adj. 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 |
adj. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand a casual remark|information collected by casual methods and in their spare time |
adj. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions casual clothes|everyday clothes |
adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance seek help from casual passers-by|a casual meeting|a chance occurrence |
adj. 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|In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory |
adj. occurring on a temporary or irregular basis casual employment|a casual correspondence with a former teacher|an occasional worker |
adj. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter |
adj. natural and unstudied using their Christian names in a casual way|lectured in a free-and-easy style |
adj. not showing effort or strain a difficult feat performed with casual mastery|careless grace |
