Meanings
comparative more nonchalantly · superlative most nonchalantly
- In a nonchalant manner.
Smoke a gold leaf, I hold heat nonchalantly
1995, “Verbal Intercourse”, in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, performed by Raekwon ft. Nas1 more example
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.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a composed and unconcerned manner
adverbin an unconcerned manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishnonchalant
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishnonchalantly
From nonchalant + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French nonchalamment
- nonchalammentIn a nonchalant manner
Irish ar nós cuma liom
- ar nós cuma liomIn a nonchalant manner
Polish nonszalancko
- nonszalanckoIn a nonchalant manner
Cite this entry
nonchalantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchalantly
“nonchalantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchalantly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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