Usually means: Casually, without much thought or effort.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. offhandedly: Merriam-Webster
  2. offhandedly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. offhandedly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. offhandedly: Vocabulary.com
  5. offhandedly: Wordnik
  6. offhandedly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. offhandedly: Wiktionary
  8. offhandedly: Dictionary.com
  9. offhandedly: Rhymezone
  10. offhandedly: FreeDictionary.org
  11. offhandedly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. offhandedly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. offhandedly: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  in an offhand manner

Similar:
offhand, off-handedly, casually, flippantly, offishly, nonchalantly, backhandedly, indiscreetly, dismissively, light-handedly, more...

Opposite:
deliberately, thoughtfully, carefully, intentionally

Types:
nonchalantly, casually, indifferently, apathetically, uninterestedly, more...

Phrases:
offhandedly say, offhandedly think, more...

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Similar:
offhand, off-handedly, casually, flippantly, offishly, nonchalantly, backhandedly, indiscreetly, dismissively, light-handedly, more...

Opposite:
deliberately, thoughtfully, carefully, intentionally

Types:
nonchalantly, casually, indifferently, apathetically, uninterestedly, more...

Phrases:
offhandedly say, offhandedly think, more...



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