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Definition of: casual
(kazh′·əl) adjective
1. Occurring by chance; accidental; unusual.
2. Occurring at irregular intervals; occasional.
3. Brit. Of or pertaining to laborers, vagrants, or paupers who receive temporary aid or shelter.
4. Nonchalant; careless.
5. Unmethodical; haphazard.
6. Of, pertaining to, or caused by accident; a casual patient.
7. Informal: casual clothes.
8. Obs. Precarious. See synonyms under INCIDENTAL.
—noun
1. A casual laborer, patient, or pauper.
2. A chance visitor.
3. Mil. A soldier subject to individual regulation because of his physical separation from an organization or lack of assignment or attachment to one. [<F casuel <L casualis <casus accident <cadere fall]
—cas′u·al·ly adverb
—cas′u·al·ness noun
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