unconcernedly

English

Etymology

unconcerned + -ly

Adverb

unconcernedly (comparative more unconcernedly, superlative most unconcernedly)

  1. In an unconcerned manner.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 98:
      Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.
    • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 16:
      Willie flits up, catches another insect, drops unconcernedly to his perch again, runs along the bullock's back in his bounding-jockey act, swallows his meal and announces he's a `sweet-pretty-little-creature'.

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