casual
adjective/ˈkæʒuəl/
Слово англійською: casual
Переклад casual українською: неви́мушений, недба́лий (стиль о́дягу)
Детальний опис
- not formal
- casual clothes (= comfortable clothes that you choose to wear in your free time)
- family parties and other casual occasions
- [usually before noun] not showing much care or thought; seeming not to be worried; not wanting to show that something is important to you
- a casual manner
- It was just a casual remark—I wasn't really serious.
- He tried to sound casual, but I knew he was worried.
- They have a casual attitude towards safety (= they don't care enough).
- [usually before noun] without paying attention to detail
- At a casual glance, everything seemed normal.
- It's obvious even to the casual observer.
- [usually before noun] not permanent; not done, or doing something regularly
- casual workers/labour
- Students sometimes do casual work in the tourist trade.
- They are employed on a casual basis (= they do not have a permanent job with the company).
- [usually before noun] without deep feelings
- a casual acquaintance
- a casual friendship
- to have casual sex (= to have sex without having a steady relationship with that partner)
- [only before noun] happening by chance; doing something by chance
- a casual encounter/meeting
- a casual passer-by
- The exhibition is interesting to both the enthusiast and the casual visitor.
- The disease is not spread by casual contact.
not formal
without care/attention
work
relationship
by chance
Word Originlate Middle English (in senses 4 to 6 of the adjective): from Old French casuel and Latin casualis, from casus ‘fall’.