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laisser aller

[le-sey-a-ley] / lɛ seɪ aˈleɪ /


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But who could have believed in such complete indifference, in the utter laisser-aller of such a life?

From A Daughter of Eve by Balzac, Honoré de

Its easy laisser-aller, its lax rule, and its indifference to regular forms were at an end.

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.

This was often mortifying to me, but I think I liked it better on the whole than the laisser-aller indifference of Washington.

From North America — Volume 2 by Trollope, Anthony

With the "laisser-aller" of a tired man, he trusted to his luck, which had so far served him well.

From Maitre Cornelius by Balzac, Honoré de

How had we never remembered all we had heard of her love of laisser-aller, her taste for adventure, her delight in travelling, when she could, unattended and incognita?

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida