adv
Meaning 1
In a nonchalant manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nonchalantly
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CMU ARPABET: N AA1 N SH AH0 L AA1 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an unconcerned manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- glanced casually at the headlines
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: casually
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a composed and unconcerned manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coolly, nervelessly
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: nonchalamment — In a nonchalant manner
- Irish: ar nós cuma liom — In a nonchalant manner
- Polish: nonszalancko — In a nonchalant manner