Adjective

(en adjective)

Happening by chance.

* (Washington Irving)

casual breaks, in the general system

Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

* (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture

Employed irregularly.

* , chapter=17

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}

Careless.

* 2007 , Nick Holland, The Girl on the Bus (page 117)

I removed my jacket and threw it casually over the back of the settee.

Happening or coming to pass without design.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}

Informal, relaxed.

Designed for informal or everyday use.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

* (Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.

Exemplary of a particular style.

Exhibiting timeless quality.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01-01, author=Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore

, volume=101, issue=1, page=47–48, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight , passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.

* (Felicia Hemans) (1804-1864)

Though throned midst Latium's classic plains.

(euphemistic) Traditional; original.