degage

Adjective
Synonyms: detacheduninvolved

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. free and relaxed in manner“rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner — Edmund Wilson”
  2. showing lack of emotional involvement“adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair — J.S.Perelman”“she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive”“an uninvolved bystander”Synonyms: detacheduninvolved
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

d'egag'e \d['e]`ga`g['e]"\, a. [F., p. p. of d['e]gager to disengage. See De-, 1st Gage, and cf. Disgage.] Unconstrained; easy; free. --Vanbrugh.

A graceful and d['e]gag['e] manner. --Poe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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