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Definition of Casually
1. Adverb. Not methodically or according to plan. "He dealt with his course work casually"
2. Adverb. In an unconcerned manner. "Glanced casually at the headlines"
Definition of Casually
1. adv. Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
Definition of Casually
1. Adverb. In a casual manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Casually
1. informally [adv] - See also: informally
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casually
Literary usage of Casually
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing: With Dissertations on Its Law and by Frederick Prideaux, John Whitcombe (1889)
"Information given casually in the course of con- Notice should versation, even
by the assignee himself, would not oLa-°™teo amount to a notice (#). ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"Yet AD understands, (ie has heard it casually asserted very recently,) that, not
only have the cruelties been formally disowned, but that the very existence ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"have been only casually mentioned or slurred over by Mill, the historian of the
period; while Mr. Marshman, the most recent author on Indian history, ..."
4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"casually, he looked to see who was minding the counter at the Greek's and saw
that it was the idiot son, who wasn't smart enough to know that serving liquor ..."
5. Baptist Missionary Magazine by Massachusetts Baptist Convention, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1829)
"Mr Huntington was at the house of a friend in a town adjoining Braintree, when
conversation was casually introduced respecting Mr Nichols. ..."
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