[
UK
/nˈɒnʃələntli/
]
[ US /ˈnɑnʃəˈɫɑntɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈnɑnʃəˈɫɑntɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a composed and unconcerned manner
without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher -
in an unconcerned manner
glanced casually at the headlines
How To Use nonchalantly In A Sentence
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The man was marvellous, nonchalantly building to crescendos with the fine-tuned trickery of an old master.
- Later, eager to impress Mark in the pub, she foregoes her normal vodka-and-coke and nonchalantly orders a glass of wine.
- Instead of launching it over the sightscreen, he could only hit a skimming drive that the bowler snaffled nonchalantly. Times, Sunday Times
- It occurs when Chan nonchalantly eases himself down a brick wall, bracing his legs against a convenient palm tree.
- The way they are carrying on there in our office, as they nonchalantly prepare their lunches of sopas or dried instant pasta bought from the nearest Colosso superette, turns into an exercise in applied linguistics. After All, This Is Mexico
- Their die-straight tunnels pierce the most awesome rock barriers nonchalantly.
- ‘Yeah, I had physics, chemistry, biology, maths and general studies,’ he fires them off nonchalantly.