chalance — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An attitude of seriousness and earnestness.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   But their nonchalance is too earnest: the effect is chalance.

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   The example I began with involved important news, and so some sense of shock, but chalance is more usually felt at unchanging matters of importance to us, not reserved for changes in the landscape of the important.

   I still felt cranked up, but Nat's chalance had been surgically removed years ago and he was perfectly at ease.