Casually
/ˈkæʒuəli/ adv
adv ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 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."
Adverb
- 1 in an unconcerned manner wordnet
- 2 not methodically or according to plan wordnet
Example
More examples"He picked up the newspaper and glanced casually over the front page."
Etymology
From Middle English casually, casuelly, casuali, casuely, equivalent to casual + -ly.