nonchalantly

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Recent Examples of nonchalantly 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 In just the seventh game of his young career, a May 30 matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays, Clarke scaled the center-field wall of the Rogers Center and nonchalantly caught a 407-foot, 103-mph blast off the bat of Alejandro Kirk. Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2025 In it, the poet is seated nonchalantly, with a moth or butterfly appearing to have landed on his outstretched finger. Trevin Corsiglia, The Conversation, 29 May 2025 The star—who made her directorial debut with her film, The Chronology of Water—nonchalantly paired tweed cardigans with sheer tulle skirts, and pulled off short suits with socks-and-heels and ties. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonchalantly
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Adverb
  • Last month, Gandalf the Grey actor Ian McKellen casually dropped a bombshell bit of casting news on the unsuspecting crowd at a London fan event at the convention For the Love of Fantasy.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Dress it up with heeled booties, or wear it casually with sneakers.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Esther is smiling; Bella looks coolly down her nose and into the lens.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Charismatic and coolly intelligent, Gray was a perfect early platform for Washington’s leading-man chops.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025

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