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nonchalant

/ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/ adjective C2
  1. Casually calm and relaxed. · We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
  2. Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached. · He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.
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Questions and answers followed in a nonchalant manner that made Dantès indignant, for he felt that all the world should have for the poor abbé a love and respect equal to his own.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 210 · C1
He sat opposite to me, and lit a cigarette in his old, nonchalant manner.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 9 · C1

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