nonchalantly
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English nonchalant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English nonchalantly From nonchalant + -ly.
- In a nonchalant manner.
“Smoke a gold leaf, I hold heat nonchalantly”
“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.”