Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonchalantly

/nˈɑnʃəlˈɑntli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: non-cha-lant-ly
IPA: /nˈɑnʃəlˈɑntli/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a nonchalant manner.

Example Sentences

"Smoke a gold leaf, I hold heat nonchalantly"
"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."

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.

Inflected Forms

more nonchalantly (comparative) most nonchalantly (superlative)

Derived Forms

chalantly

Synonyms

casually coolly nervelessly

Questions

How do you pronounce nonchalantly?: The recorded pronunciation is /nˈɑnʃəlˈɑntli/.
What does nonchalantly mean?: In a nonchalant manner.
Where does nonchalantly come from?: 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.

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