Meanings
plural casualnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being casual.
- 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 702 more examples
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 GulagsAmerica 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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