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offhandedly

adv. in an offhand manner

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offhandedly
  1. adv. without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" [syn: offhand, offhanded]

  2. in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" [syn: offhand, offhanded]

Usage examples of "offhandedly".

Keefer had turned over to him a set of dog-eared ledgers and the keys to the filing cabinet, and had offhandedly added several handfuls of secret mail which lay on the deck of his closet under shoes and dirty laundry.

Meagher was locking the door behind them when they left, Fox, offhandedly, asked him a question.

He was big enough, he offhandedly mentioned, to do that sort of thing.

Since they already knew, he confessed offhandedly to glean what advantage seeming honesty had.

Rufus, who saluted offhandedly enough with his vine-staff that it was an insult.

Kostchei interrupted, as offhandedly as his strangled voice could manage.

His private room number was disclosed so offhandedly I had to conclude that neither a Grammy Award nor a gunshot wound is enough to elevate a bass player to the A-list at Cedars.

Of course, Gillings had to be ruthless and consider only the larger aspect, the safety of the City, but it galled Daffyd to think that Gillings could so offhandedly dismiss the personal trials of the Talented.

He should have mortgaged his whole life to buy the Lovestone for evidently this heiress girl Angelica had the resources and willingness to pay off such a debt offhandedly, and was a very fine creature in her own right.