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词汇 offhandedly
释义 offhandedly
adverb
uk /ˌɒfˈhæn.dɪd.li/ us /ˌɑːfˈhæn.dɪd.li/
in a way that does not seem to show much interest or careful thought: 漫不经心地;怠慢地
He offhandedly mentioned his interest to his boss.他不经意间对他老板提到了他的兴趣。
She spoke almost offhandedly.她几乎是脱口而出。
See
offhand
He offhandedly mentioned the trip.
"Did you see him?" she asked her mother offhandedly.
The administration last week offhandedly announced it was scrapping the program.
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Examples of offhandedly


offhandedly
They carried themselves offhandedly, like connoisseurs and braggarts.
What took a century and a half to build up is in danger of being offhandedly demolished in a decade and a half.
From the
Hansard archive

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One review notes that it easily and off-handedly incorporates funk and rock elements without becoming a collection that is dominated by a backbeat aesthetic.
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Wikipedia

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