Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: casual
IPA transcription: [k'æʒəwəl]
Pronunciations of casual
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: casual, insouciant, nonchalant
    Meaning: 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: casual
    Meaning: without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
  • Synonyms: casual, everyday, daily
    Meaning: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"
  • Synonyms: casual, chance(a)
    Meaning: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
  • Synonyms: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • He cast but a casual glance upon the single slave who stood guard.
  • It is not one of the casual and shifting forms of speech produced by nomad races.
  • Not so however with the mere visitor of, or casual traveller over, the Western Territories.
  • It caused her great suffering, and seemed not to be of a casual nature, but a permanent hostile influence.
  • A casual observer might have thought "and there ends the dialogue!" That casual observer would have been mistaken.
  • This casual drink did not constitute the usual drink stood by the winner, and paid for with cash over the counter.
  • What made his depression so vexatious and irritating was that it had a kind of casual, external character--he felt that.
  • The position of the ship makes the casual transport that still proceeds very easy, but the ice is rather thin at the edge.
  • And next time that I fall into talk with a casual stranger in a car, I shall not try to be quite so extraordinarily clever.
  • It is just possible for the casual pedestrian to catch his legs in the silky carpets; but giddy-pates who come here for a walk must be very rare.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thomas Jefferson, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Mom & Me & Mom, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Markup language, License CC BY-SA 4.0