casual

Meanings

• marked by blithe unconcern
  • "an ability to interest casual students"
  • "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"
• without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
  • "a casual remark"
  • "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
• appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
  • "casual clothes"
• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
  • "seek help from casual passers-by"
  • "a casual meeting"
• hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  • "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
• occurring from time to time
  • "casual employment"
  • "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"
• characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
  • "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
• natural and unstudied
  • "using their Christian names in a casual way"
• not showing effort or strain
  • "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"

Synonyms

chance, cursory, daily, effortless, everyday, fooling, free-and-easy, insouciant, nonchalant, occasional, passing, perfunctory