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degage

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de`ga`ge´
a.1.Unconstrained; easy; free.
A graceful and dégagé manner.
- Poe.
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Adj.1.degage - free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson
relaxed - without strain or anxiety; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion"
2.degage - 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"
detached, uninvolved
unconcerned - lacking in interest or care or feeling; "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight"


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If you went into Lynn and Sedley, and made your way into the `made robes' department, you would see me in a frock coat, walking about with a degage air and directing ladies who want to buy petticoats or stockings.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
I say,' answered Mrs Merdle composedly, 'that you ought to make yourself fit for it by being more degage, and less preoccupied.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
I voiced it (confound this self-consciousness) in a degage cheerful tone: "I suppose she can travel --what?
The Shadow Line by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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