casually

B2
US /ˈkæʒuəli/ UK /ˈkæʒ(j)ʊəli/
adv Freq #13354

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in an unconcerned manner

    glanced casually at the headlines

  2. 2
    adv

    not methodically or according to plan

    I dealt with the course work casually.

  3. 3
    adv

    In a casual manner.

    A small minority, mainly strangers, would look long at her in casually passing by, and grow momentarily fascinated by her freshness, and wonder if they would ever see her again: but to almost everybody she was a fine and picturesque country girl, and no more.

Etymology

From Middle English casually, casuelly, casuali, casuely, equivalent to casual + -ly.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in an unconcerned manner nonchalantlyunconcernedly

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