NONCHALANTLY Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

nonchalantly

adverb

Definition of nonchalantly

as in casually

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Recent Examples of nonchalantly Okay, maybe he was just caught nonchalantly walking onto the ride. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026 Nashville then moved two goals clear in the 56th minute when Cristian Espinoza sent a pass across toward the near post and Surridge converted nonchalantly with a beautiful heel flick. — Dean Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 One blueprint for aura farming comes courtesy of a viral video of a boy dancing nonchalantly on a race boat. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026 In his mesmerizing, rat-a-tat, expletive-riddled style, Evans nonchalantly recalls the almost unbelievable trajectory of his life, leaving the reader barely able to catch her breath. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nonchalantly

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But there’s something widely appealing about speaking casually, broadly and vaguely in order to reduce friction.

— John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
One such instance is when Adelaide casually drops the word that will send King fans into a frenzy.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

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Machado nearly tied Game 4 with a 406-foot drive off reliever Abner Uribe, but Mitchell coolly tracked it down and reached just above the short wall in right-center to keep it in the yard.

— Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
To do the job, Lowen must temporarily move into the author’s home, a coolly lavish modern house in rural Vermont, where Verity’s many boxes of files are stored—and where, of course, Jeremy also lives.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

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