casualness

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noun

The state of being casual.

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Meanings

nouncasualness (usually uncountable, plural casualnesses)

plural casualnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state of being casual.
  2. uncountableusuallyA relaxed and nonchalant attitude.

    Johnson's blacks bluffed casualness along the sides of the room and Difalco's two whites peered inconspicuously from the door.

    1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 70
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    The controlled way in which Germans and other northern Europeans approach life is quite different from the casualness that characterizes American attitudes.

    1997, Michael L. Frankel, Cruising the Gulags

    America insulted the rest of the planet, thought Malik Solanka in his old-fashioned way, by treating such bounty with the shoulder-shrugging casualness of the inequitably wealthy.

    2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna casual manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

casualness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casualness

MLA

“casualness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casualness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “casualness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casualness.

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