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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Offhand; in an offhand manner.

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  • adverb in an offhand manner

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a casually inconsiderate manner
  • adverb without previous thought or preparation

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Examples

  • And so it goes throughout "The Complete Collection," which doesn't come by its title offhandedly: Here is every last album and single he made for Columbia, along with the handful he made for other labels.

    NYT > Home Page By JON PARELES 2011

  • “They were having a sack race for these Sri Lankan children who had been orphaned only weeks before by the tsunami, and I made the mistake of kind of offhandedly saying to Joe, ‘I could beat you,’” Mr. Israel recounted.

    Crowd-Pleaser Crowley Eyes Promotion in Democrat Caucus 2005

  • “They were having a sack race for these Sri Lankan children who had been orphaned only weeks before by the tsunami, and I made the mistake of kind of offhandedly saying to Joe, ‘I could beat you,’” Mr. Israel recounted.

    Crowd-Pleaser Crowley Eyes Promotion in Democrat Caucus 2005

  • They mentioned that they kind of offhandedly mentioned at work that they were interested in applying for the show, and their bosses were all for it.

    Blog updates 2009

  • Rep. Peter King, R-N. Y., criticized the White House for "offhandedly" announcing during a White House briefing Wednesday that Rogers would be a no-show, instead of notifying Congress directly.

    unknown title 2009

  • This year, one of my best friends and roommates, Kaitlin, was running, fulfilling a promise she had made offhandedly when we were sophomores.

    Rush. « Planning the Day 2009

  • The Republicans have offered constittutionally correct ideas that the Democrats won't even look at but offhandedly dismiss them.

    Democrats accuse GOP of stalling reform 2009

  • There you go again, asserting offhandedly that taxpayers subsidise immigrants.

    Immigration Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Foster offhandedly said the cellar of her weekend "shack" was cold and humid enough to cure meat in; Barrow said, well, that's easy enough to do.

    Food bloggers' charcuterie project goes viral Bonnie S. Benwick 2011

  • As everyone's mother says, "You only get one chance to make a good first impression," so I've offhandedly come to the conclusion that Audrey lures new unsuspecting readers in, giving them a sense of ease before I dazzle them in with my ironic bullshit and gonzo sensibility.

    Why a particular default userpic? marshallpayne1 2010

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