ADVERB
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in a casually inconsiderate manner
she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter
replied offhand, his mind a million miles away -
without previous thought or preparation
she had made these remarks offhandedly
we decided offhand to go to Canada
couldn't give the figures offhand
How To Use offhandedly In A Sentence
- she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter
- I offhandedly expostulated whilst continuing to read her two page monologue.
- He examines my belay and says offhandedly, ‘Guess I won't fall.’
- When close to the whale, in the very death-lock of the fight, he handled his unpitying lance coolly and offhandedly as a whistling tinker his hammer.
- she had made these remarks offhandedly
- Consider for a moment that we may be watching for the wrong thing; it's not at all about the political issues, cameos or adlibs, but a dramatic story that unfolds so offhandedly it catches us unaware.
