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Meanings of offhand manner in English

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Usage of offhand manner in English
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When they were in the road, he asked her in an offhand manner:
New Grub Street
2
The doctor was a little bearded man in white, with an offhand manner.
The Moon and Sixpence
3
His sperm was probably emitted in a rather offhand manner.
A Confederacy of Dunces
4
Not too long ago the Highest Authority mentioned carpets and curtains in an offhand manner.
The Irish Times
5
In an offhand manner the detective remarked, as the boat was run on the beach:
The "Dock Rats" of New York; Or, The Smuggler Band's Last Stand
6
Mrs Comb was mildly offended by his offhand manner.
Number9Dream
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His offhand manner covered a good deal of irritation.
Sir George Tressady — Volume I
8
He spoke in an offhand manner-asif he did not really expect, or want, an answer.
La's orchestra saves the world
9
You judge in a very simple offhand manner.
Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
10
In an offhand manner, to his next neighbor.
Love Stories
11
Beginning slowly, carelessly, in a deceptive, offhand manner, he lets the toy revolve as it will.
Shandygaff / A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life &...
12
And how I resented the offhand manner in which the captain had extended his deplorable invitation!
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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He spoke in a natural, offhand manner, as if there was nothing unusual in what he was saying.
The Young Rajah
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I can help, she called, furious to be so expendable, to be treated in such an offhand manner.
The irish warrior
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We were talking chiefly of-ofclub matters, he answered, in a fair imitation of his usual offhand manner.
The Deluge
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The men who were sitting in the main parlor saluted the old man in the offhand manner of intimates.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
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