casual

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective marked by blithe unconcern
  2. adjective without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
  3. adjective appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

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).

In classic literature

Synonyms

insouciant, nonchalant

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