CASUALNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does casualness mean? 

• CASUALNESS (noun)
  The noun CASUALNESS has 1 sense:

1. a casual manner

  Familiarity information: CASUALNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASUALNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A casual manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

casualness; familiarity

Hypernyms ("casualness" is a kind of...):

informality (a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "casualness"):

slanginess (casualness in use of language)

Derivation:

casual (hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough)

casual (marked by blithe unconcern)

casual (not showing effort or strain)

casual (appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions)

casual (natural and unstudied)

casual (characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility)

casual (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance)

casual (without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand)

casual (occurring on a temporary or irregular basis)

 Context examples 

After all, in the very casualness of Gatsby's party there were romantic possibilities totally absent from her world.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)