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casually

[kazh-oo-uh-lee] / ˈkæʒ u ə li /
ADVERB
accidentally
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ADVERB
incidentally
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Mr. Miéville peppers his pages with references to real-life people, literature and political history, casually throwing them into the text and expecting the reader to catch up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Australia's Matt Renshaw played brilliantly for his 190 but was not challenged as he casually farmed the strike and protected Nathan Lyon in their ninth-wicket stand of 134.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Instead of meeting him at the door with an embrace like usual, I casually yell from the kitchen, “It’s open!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Last Wednesday, the head of an AI tech company casually announced, in a long-winded post on X, a discovery that, if true, would represent a major breakthrough in biomedical research.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

As casually as I could, I turned to my left and glanced around.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan


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