Casually
['kæʒjʊəlɪ] or ['kæʒjʊrlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) in an unconcerned manner; 'glanced casually at the headlines'.
(adv.) not methodically or according to plan; 'he dealt with his course work casually'.
Checker: Susie--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
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Examples
- The men lit another cigarette and talked casually. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hence, when his name was casually mentioned by neighbouring yeomen, the listener said, Ah, Clym Yeobright--what is he doing now? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She casually dropped a remark about having arranged to fetch some article or other. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A name casually written on a slip of paper has enabled me to find her out. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- So, in the end, he made up his mind to go on, and seem to come upon her casually in passing, and speak to her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Men are not blamed for such evil actions as they perform ignorantly and casually, whatever may be their consequences. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Or, she would casually issue the order, 'Throw in a handful--' of something entirely unattainable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Who could taste the fine flavor in the name of Brooke if it were delivered casually, like wine without a seal? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He looks up casually, thinking what a fine night, what a bright large moon, what multitudes of stars! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- On the morning when Edison casually looked in, the machines had stopped work, no one could find out what was the matter, and the brokers were much disturbed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He looked casually down on her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I asked as casually as possible. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- What honest man, on being casually taken for a housebreaker, does not feel rather tickled than vexed at the mistake? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When he mentioned him, he spoke of him casually as his old pensioner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Lucie and I have been there; but only casually. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Every night my Lady casually asks her maid, Is Mr. Tulkinghorn come? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- By and by, he mentioned casually--the artful adventurer--that he would go and get his breakfast as soon as we had finished ours. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The book is numbered 184, falls into the period now dealt with, and runs along casually with items spread out over two or three years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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