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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Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
As her husband raises concerns about their daughter, who is acting out, Shauna nonchalantly grabs a bag of chips and begins munching on them, tuning him out.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
When that turn arrives, Scheffler nonchalantly fades it over the tree and up to the front of the green with the surrounding crowd just shaking their heads in awe.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
What would stop us, for example from performing the equivalent of a baseball player nonchalantly flipping his bat 10 feet into the air after belting a home run or a basketball player slamming a dunk and hanging on the rim to crank out some pull-ups?
—Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
As her husband raises concerns about their daughter, who is acting out, Shauna nonchalantly grabs a bag of chips and begins munching on them, tuning him out.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
When that turn arrives, Scheffler nonchalantly fades it over the tree and up to the front of the green with the surrounding crowd just shaking their heads in awe.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
What would stop us, for example from performing the equivalent of a baseball player nonchalantly flipping his bat 10 feet into the air after belting a home run or a basketball player slamming a dunk and hanging on the rim to crank out some pull-ups?
—Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Nonchalantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonchalantly. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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