nonchalantly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English nonchalant

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English nonchalantly

From nonchalant + -ly.

Adverb

nonchalantly (comparative more nonchalantly, superlative most nonchalantly)

1. In a nonchalant manner.
   • 1995, “Verbal Intercourse”, in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, performed by Raekwon ft. Nas:

     Smoke a gold leaf, I hold heat nonchalantly

   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:

     I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.

Derived terms

• chalantly

Translations

In a nonchalant manner

• French: nonchalamment (fr)
• Irish: ar nós cuma liom
• Polish: nonszalancko (pl)