/?ɑ?f?h?n.d?d.n?s/thequalityof notshowingmuchinterestorcarefulthought:漫不经心;怠慢He said whatever came into hismindwithbrutaloffhandedness.他想到哪儿说到哪儿,完全不假思索。Sheconcealedhertruefeelingsbeneath anappearanceof offhandedness.她用一副随随便便的样子掩饰了自己的真实感受。SeeoffhandMore examples
I wasdisappointedby his offhandedness.
Inoticedacertainoffhandedness with him that I didn't like at all.
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See more results ?(Definition ofoffhandednessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoffhandedness
offhandednessShe offered a cigarette with a real masculineoffhandedness.FromProject GutenbergBut he tossed ash from the end of his cigar to illustrateoffhandedness.FromProject GutenbergSuchoffhandednessleft him dumfounded; and there came to his soul an ill-defined impression of anguish, of strange sorrow.FromProject GutenbergThere was, of course, nothing blameworthy in their unacquaintanceship with the issues, but only in theoffhandednesswith which they belittled its consequences.FromProject GutenbergThese 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.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/offhandedness##