Offhandedness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɑfˈhændədnəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Offhandedness is a noun meaning The property of being offhand.
Meaning
The property of being offhand.
Example Sentences
Your offhandedness is completely inappropriate in such an important situation.
In one photograph, a teenaged Leah crouches by a tall cylindrical tank containing what she identified to me as a giant Pacific octopus named Pamela. We were pals, she said, in a voice that I thought seemed to strive for offhandedness, did you know they taste with their skin? Octopuses, I mean.
Word Forms
- off-handedness
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flippantness, offishness, offness, light-handedness, disregardfulness, indirectness.
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