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Casual   /kˈæʒəwəl/  /kˈæʒwəl/   Listen
adjective
Casual  adj.  
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."
2.
Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses. "A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture."
Synonyms: Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional; contingent; unforeseen. See Accidental.


noun
Casual  n.  One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.





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"Casual" Quotes from Famous Books



... the sound principles of doing all things thoroughly, poured out a liberal dose of raw, red liquor. Then, with his fingers clamped tightly about the bottom of the glass, the better to conceal its contents from any casual but inquisitive passer-by, he quickly filled it with soda and placed it before Blinky, accompanying the action with ...
— The Fortune Hunter • Louis Joseph Vance
... far-seeing as a man all his life acquainted with business. Mr. Murray had been a loser in the mines himself, but to a comparatively slight extent, and as he was an exceedingly rich man, he only regarded the matter as one of the casual losses incurred in business. But his old friend's losses troubled him deeply, and he resolved to do everything in his power to repair the effects of his ...
— Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
... these too come little trivial things Tossed from the deeps by the same casual hand; A faint sea flower, dragged from the lowest sand, That will not undulate its luminous wings In the slow tides again, lies dead and swings Along the muddy ripples to ...
— Georgian Poetry 1918-19 • Various
... in the Casual Ward," was the heading of an article in the D.T. last Friday, and it turned out to be all about the Richie ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892 • Various
... assured that his broken trunk could not be mended till the day after to-morrow; he had quite forgotten about the festas and the sympathy. That night the piazza on which he lodged seemed full of snow to the casual glance he gave it; then he saw that it was the white Italian moonlight, which he had ...
— Indian Summer • William D. Howells


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