All 3 Uses
nonchalant
in
The Bonesetter's Daughter
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- "Just some old things about my family," she had said, with the kind of awkward nonchalance that meant the pages were important.†
Chpt 1.1nonchalance = calmness and lack of concern
- Ruth said to Auntie Gal, struggling to stay nonchalant.†
Chpt 1.4nonchalant = calm and unconcerned
- Ruth was shaking but shrugged as nonchalantly as she could.
Chpt 1.7 *nonchalantly = calmly (trying to appear unconcerned)
Definitions:
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(1)
(nonchalant) calm in manner -- appearing unconcerned
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)