offhand
Example Sentences
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If there’s a secret to his apparently offhand but strikingly effective documentary method, that may be it.
From Salon
“Have you any use for this?” he wondered, offhand.
From Literature
Her nagging conscience slips into offhand conversation: “I should probably be vegan,” Askell, an animal lover too busy for a pet, says when chatting in an office elevator.
Odds swung whenever a new Bessent interviewee was revealed and whenever the president made an offhand comment on any potential nominee.
From Barron's
An offhand comment from an executive can send company shares soaring or sinking.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
