casualadjective
uk/ˈkæʒ.u.əl/us/ˈkæʒ.u.əl/casual adjective (INFORMAL)
B1 Casual clothes are not formal or not suitable for special occasions:
casual clothes
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- His casual behaviour was wholly inappropriate for such a formal occasion.
- His clothes were artfully arranged to look stylishly casual.
- Everyone else was in jeans and casual gear and I had my office clothes on - I stuck out like a sore thumb.
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Style & appearance of clothes
- -sleeved
- backless
- baggy
- bespoke
- black tie
- bootcut
- hang
- ill-fitting
- knitted
- low slung
- low-cut
- preppy
- ruck
- scantily
- scoop-neck
- sequin
- skintight
- snug
- tweedy
- wraparound
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casual adjective (NOT INTERESTED)
not taking or not seeming to take much interest:
The psychologist's attitude seemed far too casual, even brutal.
Security around the conference hotel seemed almost casual.
Although close to tears, she tried to make her voice sound casual.
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Lacking interest and enthusiasm
- anaemic
- anemic
- apathetic
- apathy
- aridity
- blasé
- flatly
- half-hearted
- incurious
- indifference
- indifferent
- lukewarm
- muted
- politely
- spiritless
- stolid
- taker
- tepid
- unconcerned
- unimpressed
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casual adjective (TEMPORARY)
C2 [ before noun ] not regular or fixed:
casual labour/labourers/workers
casual sex
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Types of employment
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- at the coalface idiom
- backroom boys
- blue-collar
- clerk
- honorary
- managerial
- menial
- NEET
- off-duty
- office junior
- probation
- professionally
- short time
- skilled
- slave labour
- subcontractor
- sweated
- wilderness
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Temporary
casual adjective (CHANCE)
B2 [ before noun ] not serious or considered, or done by chance:
It was just a casual comment, I didn't mean it to be taken so seriously.
To a casual observer, everything might appear normal.
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Chance and randomness
- accident
- arbitrary
- as luck would have it idiom
- be the luck of the draw idiom
- chance
- circumstance
- haphazard
- happen
- happenstance
- harum-scarum
- hit-and-miss
- lottery
- more by accident than design idiom
- more by luck than judgment idiom
- one in a million idiom
- postcode lottery
- pot luck
- serendipity
- stochastic
- stumble into sth
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casually
adverb uk/ˈkæʒ.u.ə.li/us/ˈkæʒ.u.ə.li/
B2
She was dressed casually in shorts and a T-shirt.