CASUAL

• (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"

  synonyms : cursory , passing , perfunctory

  Sine Ron was not too keen about the job, he attended the interview in a casual manner. -added by Aswathy_inlas

  The team made a cursory survey was hence unsuccessful in detecting the flaws in the project. -added by Aswathy_inlas

  He cast a perfunctory glance over the room before opening it for the guests. -added by naila_inlas

• (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"

  synonyms : insouciant , nonchalant

• (adj.) not showing effort or strain

  "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery", "careless grace"

  synonyms : effortless

• (adj.) appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

  "casual clothes", "everyday clothes"

  synonyms : daily , everyday

  Even when he goes to the office, he dresses very casually. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (adj.) natural and unstudied

  "using their Christian names in a casual way", "lectured in a free-and-easy style"

  synonyms : free-and-easy

  Contrary to the students' expectation, the key not address at the conference was a casual one. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (adj.) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

  "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

  synonyms : fooling

• (adj.) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

  "seek help from casual passers-by", "a casual meeting", "a chance occurrence"

  synonyms : chance

• (adj.) without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

  "a casual remark", "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

  The writeup clearly indicated that it was a casual attempt and that enough effort was not put into its composition. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (adj.) occurring from time to time

  "casual employment", "a casual correspondence with a former teacher", "an occasional worker"

  synonyms : occasional

  Hari had maintained a casual correspondence with his college friends. -added by Aswathy_inlas

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