nonchalantly

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Recent Examples of nonchalantly One by one, Kudrow and Cox nonchalantly entered through the apartment door wielding their own scripts, but, fed-up with the premise, the women rolled their eyes and exited together. Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 23 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 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 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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Adverb
  • Soon there’s a birthday party, Valentine’s Day, a brit bat (aka a baby-naming ceremony), Purim (a celebration of Jewish deliverance casually referred to as Jewish Halloween), and a game night at a beer garden.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Dacus appeared visibly confused by Monáe casually dropping some time-traveling lore.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Then the pilot coolly opened the door and hopped out of the plane unharmed.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The veteran of 71 postseason games slid to his left to field it, coolly executing a fundamental throw home to nab Bauers and keep the game tied, 1-1.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Nonchalantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonchalantly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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