INFORMALLY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

informally

adverb

Definition of informally

as in casually

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Recent Examples of informally 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, 29 July 2026 According to legal documents obtained by PEOPLE, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 50, alleges that the 58-year-old businessman informally agreed to pay the mortgage for their Los Angeles home, but hasn’t fulfilled his agreement. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 Before her request, Vivienne had already informally dropped the last name. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 Clyne returned to Palace, initially being invited to train with the club informally in September 2020 before he was awarded a contract until the end of January, which was then extended several times. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 1 July 2026 Gehrig, the New York Yankees player for whom the disease was informally named, brought global awareness to ALS after his diagnosis in the 1930s. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 June 2026 By her side sits her companion, Penelope Jardine, dressed comparatively informally in a loose-fitting shirt, trousers and a pair of scuffed espadrilles. — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026 The list of athletes who have a rule named in their honor, however informally, is brief and prestigious. — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for informally

Adverb

The murder casually committed by that elemental giant Moose Malloy is only an episode to start the story going.

— Literary Hub, 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

Definition of casually

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

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

Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning.

— Eva Flowe May 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, meant that his heart was beating irregularly, which could lead to blood clots, stroke, or heart failure.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026

Definition of irregularly

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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