offhandedly
Example Sentences
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Some of the film’s finest moments involve O’Connor ceding the spotlight to his co-stars, each of them so offhandedly genuine one might assume Walker-Silverman gathered actual wildfire survivors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Most people, I think, still have a positive association with the name, and Tupperware’s problem is that the company doesn’t actually get paid when someone offhandedly refers to their Rubbermaid or OXO container as “Tupperware.”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2024
As the team reset for a complex shot accompanied by a relentlessly looped fragment from her track, Aftab whispered offhandedly to a cameraperson, “Thank God the song is good!”
From New York Times ● May 13, 2024
Finn replies offhandedly, “You can’t miss what you never had, right?”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023
I couldn’t imagine coming in here alone, and I inwardly winced at how I’d so offhandedly told Anna May and James that I was going to pop inside for a look around.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
