Nonchalant
['nɒnʃ(ə)l(ə)nt] or [,nɑnʃə'lɑnt]
Definition
(a.) Indifferent; careless; cool.
Checker: Tessie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Fr.] Unconcerned, indifferent, careless, cool, apathetic, not anxious.
Typist: Ralph
Examples
- Meanwhile her voice sounded out reedy and nonchalant, as she talked indifferently with Birkin and with Maxim. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I cannot tell whether she is melancholy or nonchalant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He sat opposite to me, and lit a cigarette in his old, nonchalant manner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A dry laugh, an insulting sneer, a contemptuous taunt, met by a nonchalant but most cutting reply, were the signals. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Ralph