insouciant
adjective
free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
insouciantly
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a word derived from
insouciant.
Example Sentences
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Acts like Peso Pluma, Natanael Cano, Eslabon Armado and Fuerza Regida rocketed to arena stardom with a tradition-steeped yet insouciantly modern sound that resonates with the success of Anglo county music this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Here, in “The French Dispatch,” we see Timothée Chalamet and Lyna Khoudri, posing insouciantly by a jukebox; his elegantly slouchy suit and her plaid-skirt-and-motorcycle-jacket combo both tell intriguing stories.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2021
One afternoon, driving in the car with her father, she insouciantly asked how he would feel if it turned out that she wasn’t his—that they weren’t biologically related after all.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2019
He is the auteur wannabe auteurs want to be and remains the most dazzling, inventive, stylish, insouciantly brilliant yet confrontationally political film-maker the medium has ever seen.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2018
Now, she was watching them, smirking and humming insouciantly.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
