| 词汇 | offhandedness |
| 释义 | offhandedness noun[ U ] uk /ˌɒfˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/ us /ˌɑːfˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/ the quality of not showing much interest or careful thought: 漫不经心;怠慢 He said whatever came into his mind with brutal offhandedness.他想到哪儿说到哪儿，完全不假思索。 She concealed her true feelings beneath an appearance of offhandedness.她用一副随随便便的样子掩饰了自己的真实感受。 See offhand 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. Not being friendly abrasive abrasively abrasiveness abruptly abruptness aloof estrangement estrangement from someone flintily forbidding forbiddingly frigid gruff offish remote remoteness reserved reservedly saturnine wintry Examples of offhandednessoffhandedness She offered a cigarette with a real masculine offhandedness. From Project Gutenberg But he tossed ash from the end of his cigar to illustrate offhandedness. From Project Gutenberg Such offhandedness left him dumfounded; and there came to his soul an ill-defined impression of anguish, of strange sorrow. From Project Gutenberg There was, of course, nothing blameworthy in their unacquaintanceship with the issues, but only in the offhandedness with which they belittled its consequences. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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