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An attitude of being relaxed and nonchalant.

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  • The casualness of the party was comforting to the partygoers.
  • Her casualness was a way to diminish her concerns about my reaction or, perhaps, to encourage a nonchalant response from me.
  • We have got used to this kind of casualness from your side.
  • But it also captures a very present-day phenomenon-the projection of an aura of "casualness" around the Obamas.
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