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Definition of casually in English: casuallyadverbˈkaʒʊəliˈkæʒuəli 1In a relaxed and informal way. she was just casually strolling through the mall the family was casually dressed in jeans and jumpers Example sentencesExamples - I spent the time chatting with a group of hippies, casually talking about Woodstock.
- He looked over his shoulder to see the demon boy sitting casually in a wooden chair.
- People casually flipped through magazines and chatted.
- Sea lions bask casually at the end of the pier.
- He saw them walking casually around the gardens.
- Only 31 percent of UK businesses now allow staff to dress casually at all times, down by 10 percent from 2000.
- Across the street, a boy in his teens leaned against a stall, chatting casually with a gray-bearded man.
- The students enjoy a summer's day casually studying on the lawn at the top of the Student Union Building.
- He is dressed casually with a corduroy jacket and pom-pom hat.
- Cycling more casually, she found a stone bench by the side of the road, and there she dismounted to rest while pondering what course her life would take now.
- 1.1 In a way that lacks sufficient care or thoughtfulness.
people who casually throw rubbish around the streets Example sentencesExamples - They should be vigilant about casually accepting minor changes, which can have major ramifications on design responsibility.
- I should have realized he was just being casually offensive in a really oblique way.
- The word "unique" is often applied casually.
- It's not something you'd casually toss into a backpack for some light seaside computing.
- When I casually asked who did the graphic design, I was immediately engaged into an asinine argument about how graphic design wasn't "art."
- They draw serious historical attention to realms either overlooked or casually dismissed by standard accounts of contemporary art practice.
- We shape the tools that suit our purposes, and then casually discard them.
- Modem cruise ships nowadays casually pass close by these perils of the sea, now well marked, and defanged by 21st-century navigational aids.
- Backing up your data is not optional, and it is not something that can be casually brushed to the back burner.
- It was a stunning comeback for a company that had been casually brushed off just nine months earlier.
2Without commitment or permanence; occasionally or irregularly. I work casually as a staff nurse I wouldn't introduce my family to people I was casually dating Example sentencesExamples - I'd dated casually in the past, but I knew he was different from the other guys.
- I presented a local TV show with him, so I've kind of known him casually since then.
- Is it OK to keep seeing him casually, and continue to look for someone else, someone reliable, someone for the long haul?
- She worked casually at the museum from 1967, was honorary curator for 11 years, and continues to be an adviser on the museum's textiles.
- It is, perhaps, too easy to assume that when you know someone casually, they will think the best of you.
Definition of casually in US English: casuallyadverbˈkaZHo͞oəlēˈkæʒuəli 1In a relaxed and informal way. she was just casually strolling through the mall the family was casually dressed in jeans and sweaters Example sentencesExamples - He saw them walking casually around the gardens.
- Cycling more casually, she found a stone bench by the side of the road, and there she dismounted to rest while pondering what course her life would take now.
- The students enjoy a summer's day casually studying on the lawn at the top of the Student Union Building.
- Sea lions bask casually at the end of the pier.
- Across the street, a boy in his teens leaned against a stall, chatting casually with a gray-bearded man.
- I spent the time chatting with a group of hippies, casually talking about Woodstock.
- People casually flipped through magazines and chatted.
- He looked over his shoulder to see the demon boy sitting casually in a wooden chair.
- Only 31 percent of UK businesses now allow staff to dress casually at all times, down by 10 percent from 2000.
- He is dressed casually with a corduroy jacket and pom-pom hat.
- 1.1 In a way that lacks sufficient care or thoughtfulness.
people who casually throw garbage around the streets Example sentencesExamples - They draw serious historical attention to realms either overlooked or casually dismissed by standard accounts of contemporary art practice.
- It's not something you'd casually toss into a backpack for some light seaside computing.
- Backing up your data is not optional, and it is not something that can be casually brushed to the back burner.
- The word "unique" is often applied casually.
- When I casually asked who did the graphic design, I was immediately engaged into an asinine argument about how graphic design wasn't "art."
- It was a stunning comeback for a company that had been casually brushed off just nine months earlier.
- They should be vigilant about casually accepting minor changes, which can have major ramifications on design responsibility.
- I should have realized he was just being casually offensive in a really oblique way.
- We shape the tools that suit our purposes, and then casually discard them.
- Modem cruise ships nowadays casually pass close by these perils of the sea, now well marked, and defanged by 21st-century navigational aids.
2Without commitment or permanence; occasionally or irregularly. I work casually as a staff nurse I wouldn't introduce my family to people I was casually dating Example sentencesExamples - I'd dated casually in the past, but I knew he was different from the other guys.
- Is it OK to keep seeing him casually, and continue to look for someone else, someone reliable, someone for the long haul?
- She worked casually at the museum from 1967, was honorary curator for 11 years, and continues to be an adviser on the museum's textiles.
- It is, perhaps, too easy to assume that when you know someone casually, they will think the best of you.
- I presented a local TV show with him, so I've kind of known him casually since then.
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