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nonchalant

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GRECAT
DEFINITION

marked by blithe unconcern

WEBSTER'S 1913

Indifferent; careless; cool.

ETYMOLOGY

French, from non + chaleureux

SYNONYMS
IN LITERATURE

Pericles had retreated. "Ce nonchalant" was not quite true to his title, when he heard that Emilia had flown.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

Some of the prisoners were reportedly despondent, but others were nonchalant, even smoking tobacco.

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