Associations to the word «Offhandedly»
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
OFFHANDEDLY, adverb. In an offhand manner
Dictionary definition
OFFHANDEDLY, adverb. Without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly".
OFFHANDEDLY, adverb. In a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.