casually

adverb

Definition of casuallynext
as in carelessly

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Recent Examples of casually The murder casually committed by that elemental giant Moose Malloy is only an episode to start the story going. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 Copy Hathaway’s monochromatic look by pairing them with a matching white top, or wear them casually with a T-shirt and sneakers. — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 Seth superkicked Fatu and casually walked off as Jacob flashed a demonic smile. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Sydney Sweeney's latest photo dump includes an up-close and personal shot of her bikini top and casually brushing her teeth in her underwear. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 Recently, a tennis coach casually referred to LeVine as an athlete. — Lynda Lin Grigsby, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 The 1962 film version featured a more innocent family with a daughter who’s presexual and thus a naïve object of lust for Robert Mitchum’s casually lascivious Cady. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 July 2026 In a video that’s racking up millions of views online, a curious bear strolled up to a golf cart at Golden Eagle Golf Club in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, helped itself to a player's golf bag, then casually dragged it away from the tee box. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 17 July 2026 But the Ukrainians are still confidently inside the town center, with the General Staff posting a video of one officer casually standing in Victory Square in November. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casually
  1. carelessly
  2. informally
  3. offhandedly
  4. arbitrarily
  5. indiscriminately
  6. whimsically
  7. promiscuously
  8. capriciously
Adverb
  • The Dirties includes a scene where Johnson’s out-of-touch high-school character is in blackface, while the Nirvanna web series has bits that carelessly chase juvenile provocation, including stray uses of racial accents and slurs.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
  • Flying an unmanned aircraft system carelessly or recklessly, interfering with a first responder operation, is also a misdemeanor under state law and San Diego municipal code.
    — Sydney Brammer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of carelessly
Adverb
  • Huang informally surveyed 76 sellers in his teaching cohort and webinar audience.
    — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Either way, both projects sit in a similar speed bracket, competing informally for bragging rights before any official body weighs in.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 July 2026
Definition of informally
Adverb
  • With the wedding just a few weeks away, Gail offhandedly introduces Tom to the concept of the celebrity pass, in which each person in a committed partnership is allowed to have sex with one famous person of his or her choice, identified in advance.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026
  • Cardenas announced Apollo 3 in much the same way, offhandedly during our conversation.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of offhandedly
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  • Critics have argued that it is arbitrarily used to keep embarrassing information from being made public.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Those who wanted to lead consistently underperformed compared to those who were selected arbitrarily.
    — Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Definition of arbitrarily
Adverb
  • Julia Masli didn’t indiscriminately choose to employ seven ha’s in the title of her show.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • The answer was not to remove useful context indiscriminately.
    — Gaurav Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of indiscriminately
Adverb
  • Out in the high desert near Cabazon, my favorite stops are Hadley’s Fruit Orchards, home of the famous Hadley date shakes, and the whimsically Cabazon Dinosaur sculptors.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • No landlord would allow an occupant to change his property without approval, let alone whimsically destroy a third of it.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of whimsically
Adverb
  • Huxley’s critique is clear; America mistakes body for spirit, promiscuously confusing the physical with the metaphysical.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Political factions are steered by big personalities, and politicians jump promiscuously between parties.
    — BEN BLAND, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
Definition of promiscuously
Adverb
  • Permits that are granted and withdrawn capriciously, tax credits that come and go, technologies that fall in or out of favor in successive administrations, and endless legal battles all amount to dangerous barriers to investment.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of capriciously

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