laisser-aller
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of laisser-aller
Literally, “to allow to go”
Example Sentences
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You have never before had that laisser-aller of a writer which shows the hidden strength.'
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
This was often mortifying to me, but I think I liked it better on the whole than the laisser-aller indifference of Washington.
From North America — Volume 2 by Trollope, Anthony
There was a delightfully free-and-easy, laisser-aller air about everybody and everything at Nome City, which would, perhaps, have jarred upon an ultra-respectable mind.
From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry
That laisser-aller policy of his threatens to land us in serious difficulties.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
But who could have believed in such complete indifference, in the utter laisser-aller of such a life?
From A Daughter of Eve by Balzac, Honoré de
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