casual

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”

without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

• “a casual remark”
• “information collected by casual methods and in their spare time”

suited for everyday use

• “casual clothes”
• “everyday clothes”

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

• “their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship”
• “seek help from casual passers-by”
• “a casual meeting”
• “a chance occurrence”

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

• “a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house”
• “;”
• “;”

employed in a specified capacity from time to time

• “casual employment”
• “a casual correspondence with a former teacher”
• “an occasional worker”

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”
• “lectured in a free-and-easy style”

not showing effort or strain

• “a difficult feat performed with casual mastery”
• “careless grace”