nonchalant

nonchalant
[[t]nɒ̱nʃələnt, AM -lɑ͟ːnt[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED
If you describe someone as nonchalant, you mean that they appear not to worry or care about things and that they seem very calm.

Clark's mother is nonchalant about her role in her son's latest work...

Denis tried to look nonchalant and uninterested...

It merely underlines our rather more nonchalant attitude to life.

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nonchalance [[t]nɒ̱nʃələns, AM -lɑ͟ːns[/t]] N-UNCOUNT

Affecting nonchalance, I handed her two hundred dollar bills.

nonchalantly ADV-GRADED usu ADV with v, also ADV adj

`Does Will intend to return with us?' Joanna asked as nonchalantly as she could.


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  • nonchalant — (adj.) 1734, from Fr. nonchalant, prp. of nonchaloir be indifferent to, have no concern for (13c.), from non not (see NON (Cf. non )) + chaloir have concern for, ultimately from L. calere be hot (see CALORIE (Cf. calorie)). French …   Etymology dictionary

  • nonchalant — Nonchalant, [nonchal]ante. adj. Negligent, qui manque de soin. Vous estes bien nonchalant. une humeur nonchalante …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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