offhandedly

Example Sentences

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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

Even decades later, Hodes, now a historian at New York University, brought it up only with close friends, and then only offhandedly.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Toward the end of the song Del Rey says in an offhandedly conversational manner, “Join the party. By the way, the party is Dec. 18.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

Finn replies offhandedly, “You can’t miss what you never had, right?”

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

“I’m actually surprised the Thunderhead didn’t see me push her,” Citra said offhandedly.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman