[
US
/ˌnɑnʃəˈɫɑnt/
]
[ UK /nˈɒnʃələnt/ ]
[ UK /nˈɒnʃələnt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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marked by blithe unconcern
was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner
an utterly insouciant financial policy
an elegantly insouciant manner
showed a casual disregard for cold weather
drove his car with nonchalant abandon
an ability to interest casual students
How To Use nonchalant In A Sentence
- She nonchalantly wrote, “Deep under them both is solid blue clay, embalming the fossil horse and fossil ox and the great mastodon, the same preserving blue clay that was dug up to wrap the head of the Big Harp in bandit days, no less a monstrous thing when carried in for reward.” Archive 2009-04-01
- Goodes stopped the rot with a set shot following a massive 'speccy', but there was no stopping the Demons as Austin Wonaeamirri, who was a late inclusion for Moloney, nonchalantly thread the eye of the needle from almost on the goal line before Paul Johnson marked and goaled. Sportal.com.au - Latest News Headlines
- Yet regarding Massimo Pallottino's crucial list of Etruscan inscriptions called Testimonia linguae Etruscae TLE, after months of witnessing its absence on the shelf at the U of M, I was told nonchalantly by a librarian I spoke to that it was probably stolen. Phi Beta Kappa + masters degree = instant Etruscanist
- But people were not as nonchalant as they appeared. Times, Sunday Times
- I had a sudden epiphany, and slipped my hands nonchalantly into my pockets.
- She defeat all her rival for the job with nonchalant ease.
- The men swore again, wondering how Tori could be so nonchalant when so many things were going wrong.
- I nonchalantly leave Adrian in the living room and enter the kitchen, although my stomach is clenching with anxiety and apprehension.
- He offers me some of the coke, I shake my head nonchalantly.
- I headed towards the English department doing my best to be nonchalant.