offhandedness Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌɒfˈhæn.dɪd.nəs]
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Meaning of offhandedness In English

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Examples of offhandedness

  • I was disappointed by his offhandedness.

  • I noticed a certain offhandedness with him that I didn't like at all.

  • She treated the rest of the staff with complete offhandedness.

  • She offered a cigarette with a real masculine offhandedness.

  • But he tossed ash from the end of his cigar to illustrate offhandedness.

  • Such offhandedness left him dumfounded; and there came to his soul an ill-defined impression of anguish, of strange sorrow.

  • There was, of course, nothing blameworthy in their unacquaintanceship with the issues, but only in the offhandedness with which they belittled its consequences.

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Translations of offhandedness In Other Languages

  • Español

    brusquedad…

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  • Français

    désinvolture, sans-gêne…

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  • Malay

    sikap bersahaja…

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  • Deutsch

    die Lässigkeit…

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  • Norwegian

    nonchalanse, skjødesløshet…

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  • Čeština

    nenucenost…

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  • Dansk

    nonchalanthed…

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  • Italiano

    sbrigatività, sgarbatezza…

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