Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
See Methylal.
Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.
Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation.
Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
Dependent in form; conventional.
Sound; normal.
