as in casually
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Recent Examples of nonchalantly
Other officers down the road nonchalantly mingled and lingered.
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Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2025
Yet without a single footwork adjustment, Cherki trots up and nonchalantly whips a half-volley into the top corner.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Yet the movie shows no struggle, no introspection, but, rather, a nonchalantly reasonable ability to drop his stash into a garbage can and walk away.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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
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Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2025
Yet without a single footwork adjustment, Cherki trots up and nonchalantly whips a half-volley into the top corner.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Yet the movie shows no struggle, no introspection, but, rather, a nonchalantly reasonable ability to drop his stash into a garbage can and walk away.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonchalantly
Adverb
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What will be the nefarious next move from the cunning Lady Araminta Gun (Katie Leung) and the casually cruel Rosamund Li (Michelle Mao)?—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2026
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Local musicians rotate casually on and off the tiny stage.—
Phil Thomas,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Really, Roxana is the most coolly observant survivor of them all.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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Rauw, a 33-year-old San Jaun romantic, had a breakthrough after a breakup, skipping coolly across genres and balancing electronic and acoustic arrangements following a split with Rosalia; even in polar vortex hell, Karol G’s Tropicoqueta goes over like a glass of concentrated essence of summer.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Nonchalantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonchalantly. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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