casual
/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.23 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
adj
adj
adj
Happening or coming to pass without design.
Example Sentences
- "They only had casual meetings."
- "casual breaks, in the general system"
- "The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense."
- "a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture"
- "He was just a casual worker."
- "This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer."
Etymology
From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱh₂d-, casuel, cāsuālis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
- British English: /ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Informal
- Slang
- Dated
Inflected Forms
more casual (comparative)
most casual (superlative)
casuall (alternative)
cazh (alternative)
casuals (plural)