nonchalantly
adverb
non·cha·lant·ly
ˌnän-shə-ˈlänt-lē 
ˈnän-shə-ˌlänt-,
-lənt-
: in a nonchalant manner : in a casual way that shows a relaxed lack of concern or interest
She nonchalantly glanced our way.
He walked nonchalantly to his seat.
According to its site, the center's outdoor summer programming organizers nonchalantly wondered in 2012 if an evening screening cat videos would attract any attention.—
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And both dismantle pop's walls by nonchalantly leaping over musical styles and bringing a new audience along with them.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The video shows a clip of the mother bear breaking down the backyard fence and nonchalantly wandering around.
—Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
These poems invent verbal models of movement through time, their own temporal construction also serving as their subject, always nonchalantly expressed.
—Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Perched nonchalantly on a nearby roof, Terry seems to relish every moment of the tense encounter, staring right back without flinching.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
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EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The video shows a clip of the mother bear breaking down the backyard fence and nonchalantly wandering around.
—Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
These poems invent verbal models of movement through time, their own temporal construction also serving as their subject, always nonchalantly expressed.
—Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Perched nonchalantly on a nearby roof, Terry seems to relish every moment of the tense encounter, staring right back without flinching.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonchalantly
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“Nonchalantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonchalantly. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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