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nonchalantly

[non-shuh-lahnt-lee] / ˌnɒn ʃəˈlɑnt li /
ADVERB
coolly
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When a third opportunity glanced past Ayton’s nonchalantly extended arm, JJ Redick had seen enough.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

To her left, Melvin Gibbs played electric bass—sometimes nonchalantly, sometimes with one bent knee, as if in genuflection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But Haaland showed no signs of a lack of confidence when he nonchalantly lifted the ball over Galatasaray goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir from Jeremy Doku's fine through ball.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

The actress revealed Meghan sitting beside her, who shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly, while eating a piece of pie.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

I would just nonchalantly say that I was trying to “bring the seventies back.”

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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