Both Uses
nonchalant
in
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
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- "Well, thanks," she says nonchalantly.†
p. 85.4 *nonchalantly = calmly (appearing unconcerned)
- At the door, now, is a woman in a purple satin dress with cascading brown hair, elegantly nonchalant, waving at the porter with a bejeweled hand as she glides into the foyer.†
p. 227.3nonchalant = calm and unconcerned
Definitions:
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(1)
(nonchalant) calm in manner -- appearing unconcerned
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)