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Definition
calm in manner — appearing unconcerned
- While he tried to be nonchalant and talk up to his new clothes, he was cursing the men he saw go by laughing with girls, ignoring his Leora.Chapter 7 (19% in)
- At the back, haughty in white uniform, nonchalant on a narrow seat, was The Doctor—Martin Arrowsmith.Chapter 11 (9% in)
- A twanging nonchalant voice: "This M. C. Gottlieb?"Chapter 13 (7% in)
There are no more uses of "nonchalant" in Arrowsmith.
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