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nonchalant adjective [ ˈnɒnʃ(ə)l(ə)nt ]

• (of a person or manner) feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.
• "she gave a nonchalant shrug"
Similar: calm, cool, unconcerned, collected, and collected, cool as a cucumber, composed, airy, indifferent, unemotional, blasé, dispassionate, detached, apathetic, casual, offhand, insouciant, laid-back,
Opposite: anxious, concerned,
Origin: mid 18th century: from French, literally ‘not being concerned’, from the verb nonchaloir .


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