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nonchalant
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1734, from French nonchalant , present participle of nonchaloir "be indifferent to, have no concern for" (13c.), from non- "not" (see non- ) + chaloir "have concern for," ultimately from Latin calere "be hot" (see calorie ). French chaland "customer, client" ...
Wikipedia
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Nonchalant (born Tanya Pointer , born October 18, 1967 ) is an American female rapper , and songwriter from Washington, D.C. who was signed to MCA Records . Nonchalant is best known for her hit single " 5 O'Clock ", which peaked at #24 on the US Billboard ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ "I'm sorry I'm so late. Have you been waiting long?" he asked. She gave a nonchalant shrug. ▪ a nonchalant attitude ▪ Perkins was nonchalant about being chosen. ▪ When Peter came in, she glanced up, trying to appear ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Casually calm and relaxed. 2 indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.
Usage examples of nonchalant.
The allopathist strolled along, from time to time using this stick to point out a particularly fine example of stonework, and idly spinning the stick in an apparently nonchalant but very practiced way, and none of the Rodeni approached him.
Clare,--gay, easy, unpunctual, unpractical, sceptical,--in short,--walking with impudent and nonchalant freedom over every one of her most cherished habits and opinions?
Satisfied, he slid off the barstool and tried to look nonchalant as he strolled to the end of the bar.
Borsele kept to the secondary roads as far as possible, driving with a nonchalant ease which Claribel, a rather nervous driver herself, envied.
And continued to walk the pipes in steel-toed boots teen of feet in the air with a nonchalant air befitting circus acts of daring feats.
Karen asked, sounding nonchalant about it, though Amanda suspected she was anything but.
He walked closer, a nonchalant slant to his ears, tapping his new bau against his palm.
A nonchalant look on his dark face, a tuneless whistle puckering his mouth, Gracias came into the room.
But Beaton had seen him, and Dryfoos, with a nonchalant nod to the young man, came forward.
I have a superb vocabulary (monad, retractile, necropolis, palindrome, antidisestablishmentarianism) and a nonchalant command of all grammatical rules.
He could've followed the barbs by ear alone if he'd had to, as nonchalant as they were, but Glabrio was the real expert.
In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy.
Her eyes twinkled in anticipation when it was time to do her front but Afra was just as careful and just as nonchalant when he lathered her breasts as when he lathered her nose.
When a reptile was drawn forth by the sun's warm rays, the cat quietly walked over, placed a paw slightly behind the snake's head, bit through its tiny skull with a nonchalant crunch, and passively chewed up the rest of its short squirming body as if -chomping up a licorice stick.
Although he carries the pistol-grip i2-gauge Mossberg, he makes an effort to appear otherwise nonchalant, in case the woman has come forward from the bedroom at the rear of the motor home to watch him through a window.