as in casually
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Recent Examples of nonchalantly
The couple’s dog Roux also made a cameo, rushing around the side of the couch to see what the commotion was all about before nonchalantly turning and walking away.
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Other officers down the road nonchalantly mingled and lingered.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2025
Yet without a single footwork adjustment, Cherki trots up and nonchalantly whips a half-volley into the top corner.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Yet the movie shows no struggle, no introspection, but, rather, a nonchalantly reasonable ability to drop his stash into a garbage can and walk away.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Other officers down the road nonchalantly mingled and lingered.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2025
Yet without a single footwork adjustment, Cherki trots up and nonchalantly whips a half-volley into the top corner.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Yet the movie shows no struggle, no introspection, but, rather, a nonchalantly reasonable ability to drop his stash into a garbage can and walk away.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonchalantly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonchalantly
Adverb
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So far, he’s been spotted draped in a full-length, white fluffy coat and fire engine-red hat and gloves, watching the women’s downhill race, and casually chatting with onlookers at the curling mixed doubles, adorned in a zip-jacket emblazoned with Team USA players’ faces.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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What never occurred to me was the need to explicitly ban vaping until my date casually produced a crackling Juul mid-screening.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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This was not Robinson’s experience watching Honnold coolly climb Taipei 101.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Really, Roxana is the most coolly observant survivor of them all.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Nonchalantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonchalantly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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