dégagéadj.
Easy, unconstrained (in manner or address).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > affable > easy
easy1680
dégagé1697
unembarrassed1746
unceremonious1779
facile1844
unstarched1861
1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse iv. 84 I do use to appear a little more degage.
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶8 An Air altogether galant and dégagé.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 165 Mamma pretended to be as degagée as I.
1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxxiii. 294 You ought to make yourself fit for it [sc. Society] by being more degagé, and less pre-occupied.
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