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-adj)

(lb) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.

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*:he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi .

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:a comfortable provision made for their subsistence

Amply sufficient, satisfactory.

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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport

, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , passage=When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.}}

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.

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*, chapter=8

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable . Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}

In a state of comfort and content.

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*:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

(lb) Strong; vigorous; valiant.

:(Wyclif)

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable ; hold death a while at the arm's end.

(lb) Serviceable; helpful.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.