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- Red lurked nearby, looking nonchalant.†
p. 27.2nonchalant = calm and unconcerned
- Junior was probably gloating: all those shiny-haired, nonchalantly graceful boys and girls on his porch, when their folks had never invited him and Linnie to their porches, not on a single occasion.†
p. 51.3 *nonchalantly = calmly (appearing unconcerned)
Definitions:
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(1)
(nonchalant) calm in manner -- appearing unconcerned
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)