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Definition of Nonchalantly
1. Adverb. 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"
2. Adverb. In an unconcerned manner. "Glanced casually at the headlines"
Definition of Nonchalantly
1. adv. In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.
Definition of Nonchalantly
1. Adverb. In a nonchalant manner ¹
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Definition of Nonchalantly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonchalantly
Literary usage of Nonchalantly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1866)
"The Colonel dashed over the field in all directions, encouraging the men to stand
fast, amid the blue wreaths curling from a 'brier wood' nonchalantly held ..."
2. Ten One-act Plays by Alice Gerstenberg (1921)
"HARRIET [nonchalantly] Oh, it's just a little model. ... MARGARET [nonchalantly]
Perhaps it isn't the gown itself but the way you wear it that pleases the ..."
3. Washington Square Plays: 1. The Clod, by Lewis Beach. 2. Eugenically by Lewis Beach, Edward Goodman, Alice Gerstenberg, Philip Moeller, Walter Prichard Eaton (1916)
"MARGARET [nonchalantly]. Perhaps it isn't the gown itself but the way you wear
it that pleases the eye. Some people can wear anything with grace. HETTY. ..."
4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"... to by the nonchalant merchants that went with faction scarce knowing why.—North,
Examen, p. 463. nonchalantly, coolly ; carelessly. I said nonchalantly ..."
5. The Colonel's Dream by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1905)
"Meanwhile Fetters picked his teeth nonchalantly, so nonchalantly as to irritate
the colonel. The colonel's impatience was not lessened by the fact that ..."
6. Port Arthur: A Monster Heroism by Richard Barry (1905)
"For three months the Manchurian nonchalantly carried Russian wounded into ...
For three months he has nonchalantly carried Japanese wounded into Dalny and ..."
7. A Poet of the Air: Letters of Jack Morris Wright, First Lieutenant of the by Jack Morris Wright (1918)
"Perhaps — for the sake of conversation at this hour about which you will probably
be taking tea in the red- draped studio upstairs, talking nonchalantly or ..."
8. The Chippendales by Robert Grant (1909)
"Blaisdell seemed nonchalantly entertained. "And what did you say her name was,
Chauncey?" "Brackett—so he told me once. And I'll do Henry the justice to say ..."
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