|dāˌgä|zhā, -gȧ- adjective
Etymology: French, from past participle of dégager to redeem a pledge, disengage, free from, from Old French desgagier, from des- de- + gage pledge, security — more at gage
1. : free of mental engagement and constraint of manner : carefree and indifferent to decorum : easygoing
I adopted a dégagé pose on the arm of a Morris chair — S.J.Perelman
rather dégagé after the nervousness he had shown at dinner — Edmund Wilson
2. : marked by a free and easy show of unconcern for strict conventions
the famous slouch hat with the nonchalant dégagé air — A.J.Liebling
a model of crushed pink velvet dipped low over one eye and soaring in a dégagé movement on the opposite side — Hats
3. of the leg : extended with toe pointed in preparation for a ballet step