Definitions
Calm and unconcerned, sometimes too casually so.
Word origin
Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”).
Used in a sentence
“We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.”
“Undaunted by the occasion, Ruthe went on to become the first 15-year-old to run a sub-four-minute mile, even managing a nonchalant shrug of the shoulders as he crossed the finish line.”
“He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Coolly casual”10 letters
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