Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unconcerned manner; without concern or anxiety.
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- adverb In an
unconcerned manner.
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- adverb in an unconcerned manner
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Examples
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Carrillo rose, glanced carelessly at his type-written manuscript and announced its title unconcernedly:
The Common Law 1899
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A boy of about twelve, presumably the son of the arrested farmer, had walked past us while we slept, and was fishing unconcernedly from the rocks.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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I walked on unconcernedly, which is no easy thing to do when the chances are good that the next step you take may be anticipated by a .38 bullet or something equally lethal in the base of the skull, but walk I did, for to turn round armed with nothing but a hollowed-out Bible in my left hand -- my gun was still in my belt -- seemed a sure way of precipitating that involuntary pressure of the nervous trigger-finger.
Puppet on a Chain MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1969
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"Don't see him about," Paul remarked unconcernedly, and we set off across the fields.
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Not a word was spoken, and Bella went on unconcernedly with the dishes, while St. Vincent rolled, a shaky cigarette and wondered if it had been a dream.
CHAPTER 22 2010
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"Oh, bachin;" Jerry tried to answer unconcernedly, as if it were a very ordinary sort of thing.
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He unconcernedly kept his cigar alive at such times that the mob drowned his voice.
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He looked about more unconcernedly, sharply observant, every detail of the pretty interior registering itself on his brain.
Chapter 1 2010
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To take just one example, contemplate for a moment a small miracle that occurs around 11 o'clock each night at the 96th Street subway stop on the Lexington Avenue line: residents pour out of the subway and disappear into the darkness, heading unconcernedly home.
Notable 2011
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But it comes only to the patient, who are there as though eternity lay before them, so unconcernedly still and wide.
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