Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Casual
casual, adj. [Fr. < L. cassu-s, fall, chance; occurrence; see case, n.] (webplay: pass, without).
- Informal; unpretentious; unadorned; plain; [word play with “cause”] predictable; inevitable; spontaneous; naturally occurring; bound to happen.
- Common; ordinary; familiar.
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