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We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:
On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.
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1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.