nonchalantly

English

Etymology

nonchalant +‎ -ly

Adverb

nonchalantly (comparative more nonchalantly, superlative most nonchalantly)

  1. In a nonchalant manner.
    • 1995, “Verbal Intercourse”, in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, performed by Raekwon ft. Nas:
      Smoke a gold leaf, I hold heat nonchalantly
    • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:
      I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.

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