nonchalantly

Words with a similar base: nonchalantly

'nonchalantly'

[coolly.r.01] as in: in a composed and unconcerned manner

Examples:
without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher

'nonchalantly'

[casually.r.02] as in: in an unconcerned manner

Examples:
glanced casually at the headlines

Origins

					nonchalantly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── nonchalant (English)
    └── nonchalant (French)
        └── nonchaloir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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