Meaning & use
nonchalantly
In a calm, relaxed manner that shows a lack of concern or interest.
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He shrugged nonchalantly and continued eating his sandwich as the alarm blared.
She strolled in nonchalantly, twenty minutes late, as if nothing had happened.
A note on using this word
Nonchalantly often implies a deliberate, sometimes affected, casualness rather than genuine indifference.
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