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Example sentences for "casually"

Lexicographically close words:
casts; castyng; casu; casual; casuall; casualness; casuals; casualties; casualty; casuarina
  1. He said it so casually that Roy agreed without question.

  2. The deck was all but empty, but Brander and another man were by the knight's heads, talking casually together.

  3. An old woman brought some plates and bottles and laid them casually on a table; and we sat round the figure of old Captain Pearse without a word, as if we were all under a spell.

  4. And, conscious that it would be far better to meet her casually in some open place than to risk a call, he sat down on a bench whence he could watch the entrance.

  5. The entrance drive was visible from here; and she meant to encounter Courtier casually in the hall.

  6. They, in their turn, glanced casually at his tall figure leaning against the parapet, not knowing how their fate was trembling in the balance.

  7. With infinite precaution she had asked him casually if he had seen Helen Bellew, and he had answered, "Oh yes, I see her once in a way!

  8. Months after he came back alone; more sombre, more gaunt, more sparing of speech, and had offered casually the statement that "Fagan met death on the trail.

  9. Casually he noticed that but one slice of bacon lay in the pan.

  10. An inkling of what was on had come to the ears of the citizens; casually the worthy people sauntered down to the station.

  11. Then he was sensible of a rising anger, that he should be made the subterfuge of a systematic endeavor to casually meet Mrs. Gwynn,--likely to prove successful in the last instance.

  12. Slipping her hand casually into Ann Woltor's hand she started for the Library.

  13. From under his casually lowered eyes a single glance of greeting shot out at me.

  14. The boys went out and met one of the loungers strolling casually across the store, though Frank had a suspicion that he had come in softly some time earlier.

  15. Miss Oliver seemed doubtful when they casually mentioned the project to her, but as she did not actually forbid it they set out with the sloop late one afternoon, taking the dog with them.

  16. The storekeeper smiled and strolled casually toward the window.

  17. The beluga or white whale is only casually pursued, and as far as I could learn is always shot with the rifle.

  18. From all accounts the animal is only casually pursued elsewhere with fleets of kaiaks or umiaks manned by volunteer crews.

  19. No one from meeting him casually would guess that he had failings of this sort.

  20. A new arrival had turned up during my absence, a long, lean Englishman named Haigh, whom I had met casually once before.

  21. Once, Peter mentioned very casually that Stuart in his letter .

  22. That she should treat so casually the evening towards which he had been counting the moments for twenty-four hours seemed almost unbearable.

  23. A thunderbolt casually exploding in their midst could not have effected half such a shock of surprise, or the gift of all the riches of the Orient so much joy.

  24. He made up his mind that if he did meet him he would stop and chat casually with him, as though he had heard and seen nothing to rouse his suspicions.

  25. Casually she looked straight into the faces of the bearded man and his companion in the seat behind.

  26. There must be some significance, some inner truth veiled in mystery, behind even the casually accepted and never probed religion to which she had been born and in which she had found poor refuge.

  27. It may be worth noting that, in the course of his correspondence with the Queen on the change of policy in the Soudan, Mr. Gladstone casually indulged in the luxury of a historical parallel.

  28. Such things will happen casually from time to time, and always with inconvenience--but there is here a degree of method and system which seem to give the matter a new character.

  29. During this time he had met Cherry casually on the staircase, in going or coming, and received her shy greetings; but she had not repeated her visit, nor again alluded to it.

  30. I have heard him only casually mentioned.

  31. With momentary awkwardness he explained that Mrs. Toplady's name had but once casually passed Mrs. Woolstan's Tips in his hearing, and that till now he had forgotten the circumstance.

  32. I have been thinking it might help us if a real live lord casually walked about Hollingford with our candidate.

  33. I, for instance, have seen a thief who robbed the poor-box of a church share his booty to feed a hungry child whom he met casually upon the street.

  34. Wild, sportive, and innocent as Emmeline was, she yet possessed a depth of reflection and clearness of perception, which those who only knew her casually might not have expected.

  35. For I had told him, casually as possible, that I had friends in Arlington Street, where I remembered the Manners were established.

  36. I gave him my early history briefly, dwelling but casually upon the position enjoyed in Maryland by my family; but I spoke of my grandfather, now turning seventy, gray-haired in the service of King and province.

  37. We are not likely to be missed, but if any questions are asked, you can say casually that we are off on a scouting expedition.

  38. Were one of our friends even to mention it casually that we had gone north, suspicions might be aroused.

  39. As I walked casually along the main street chewing the sweets, a pair of tan shoes for one dollar and twenty-five cents caught my eye.

  40. I walked casually into a sixth rate restaurant, and after some bargaining with the proprietress, an old maid from the swamps, I succeeded in inducing her to give me supper in exchange for the shoes I carried under my arm.

  41. Ten minutes later found us in the reception hall looking casually about, smiling and talking pleasantly to one another.

  42. The idea came casually into my mind as I was walking through the room and saw the neat pile of rejected plates; and one may fairly call it an accidental impulse.

  43. He chose his words, his eyes on her, though he spoke casually enough.

  44. Oh, good-night," said Roger casually rising, and sitting down again.

  45. Bell, you shall stroll through the park casually; I will follow as casually later on.

  46. Tell Reginald Henson casually that you have been convinced that you have done Dr.

  47. Davy's which I had casually met with--that the iodide of silver was more sensitive to light than the chloride, I resolved to make trial of the iodide.

  48. But being only on paper, it is exposed to various accidents; and should it be casually torn or defaced, of course no more copies can be made.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "casually" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    about; accidental; aimlessly; anyhow; carelessly; casual; clumsily; easy; haphazard; heedlessly; incidentally; naturally; offhand; perchance; plainly; random; recklessly; simply; somehow