casually
B2
adv
Freq #13354
Meanings
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1
adv
in an unconcerned manner
glanced casually at the headlines
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2
adv
not methodically or according to plan
I dealt with the course work casually.
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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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