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Casual

adjective

1.

Marked by blithe unconcern. Synonyms: insouciant, nonchalant. "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"

2.

Without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand. "Information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

3.

Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions. Synonyms: daily, everyday. "Everyday clothes"

4.

Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance. Synonym: chance. "A casual meeting" , "A chance occurrence"

5.

Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough. Synonyms: cursory, passing, perfunctory. "A passing glance" , "Perfunctory courtesy"

6.

Occurring from time to time. Synonym: occasional. "A casual correspondence with a former teacher" , "An occasional worker"

7.

Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility. Synonym: fooling.

8.

Natural and unstudied. Synonym: free-and-easy. "Lectured in a free-and-easy style"

9.

Not showing effort or strain. Synonym: effortless. "Careless grace"

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— Prairie Flowers • James B. Hendryx

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— Bubbles of the Foam • Unknown

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