non-casual
adjective
(alsononcasual)uk/ˌnɒnˈkæʒ.ju.əl/us/ˌnɑːnˈkæʒ.uː.əl/non-casualadjective(FORMAL)
suitableforformaloccasions:
She alwaysworenon-casualdressin theoffice.
Even oninformaloccasions, hisspeechcontainsseveral noncasualfeatures.
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- enunciate
- flap
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- lilt
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- synecdoche
- toned
non-casualadjective(INTERESTED)
taking aseriousinterestin something:
Most non-casualsupporterslike thegamejust as it is.
Every noncasualobserverof thebusinessis wellawareof thisfact.
Paying attention and being careful
- attention span
- attentiveness
- be good, and if you can't be good, be carefulidiom
- be on (your) guardidiom
- cared-for
- guard
- handle/treatsomeonewith kid glovesidiom
- hang
- hang on/uponsomething
- have a careidiom
- religion
- revolve aroundsomeone/something
- safety
- safety firstidiom
- see pastsomething
- singleness
- sit
- the/a glare ofsomethingidiom
- zero
- Zoom
non-casualadjective(PERMANENT)
(of ajob)regularorfixed:
Theemploymentis non-casual, and should last for aminimumof oneyear.
Iappliedfor a non-casualrole.
Not manyfirmscouldofferemploymenton a noncasualbasis.
Types of employment
- admin
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- administratively
- at the coalfaceidiom
- jobless
- joblessness
- jobseeker
- labour-intensive
- lackey
- qualified
- recertify
- redundancy
- redundant
- retcon
- well qualified
- WFH
- white-collar
- who's whoidiom
- wilderness yearsidiom
non-casualadjective(DELIBERATE)
deliberateorplanned:
They made adistinctionbetweencasualand noncasualencounterswith thepolice.
a non-casualgame
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- planner
- provision
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- reckon onsomething
- settle
- sleeve