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Meaning of "offhandedness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFFHANDEDNESS

offhandedness  [ˈɒfˈhændɪdnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFFHANDEDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Offhandedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OFFHANDEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of offhandedness in the English dictionary

The definition of offhandedness in the dictionary is the quality of being casual. Other definition of offhandedness is the quality of being brusque or curt.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFFHANDEDNESS


absent-mindedness
ˌæbsəntˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
air-mindedness
ˈɛəˌmaɪndɪdnɪs
bull-headedness
ˌbʊlˈhɛdɪdnɪs
bullheadedness
ˌbʊlˈhedɪdnɪs
candidness
ˈkændɪdnɪs
double-mindedness
ˌdʌbəlˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
even-handedness
ˌiːv ənˈhændɪdnɪs
free-handedness
ˌfriːˈhændɪdnɪs
guardedness
ˈɡɑːdɪdnɪs
handedness
ˈhændɪdnɪs
hardhandedness
ˌhɑːdˈhændɪdnɪs
mindedness
ˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
narrow-mindedness
ˈnærəʊˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
open-mindedness
ˌəʊpənˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
pig-headedness
ˌpɪɡˈhedɪdnɪs
single-mindedness
ˌsɪŋɡəlˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
small-mindedness
ˌsmɔːlˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
sordidness
ˈsɔːdɪdnɪs
strong-mindedness
ˌstrɒŋˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
ungroundedness
ʌnˈɡraʊndɪdnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFFHANDEDNESS

offeree
offerer
offering
offeror
offertories
offertory
offertory box
offhand
offhanded
offhandedly
Offiah
office
office automation
office bearer
office block
office boy
office hours
office job
office junior
office manager

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFFHANDEDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
boundedness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of offhandedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «offhandedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFFHANDEDNESS

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The translations of offhandedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «offhandedness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

offhandedness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

offhandedness
570 millions of speakers

English

offhandedness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

offhandedness
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

offhandedness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

offhandedness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

offhandedness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

offhandedness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désinvolture
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketangkasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

offhandedness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

offhandedness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

offhandedness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Offhandedness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

offhandedness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

offhandedness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दांडगाईमुळे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşüncesizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disinvoltura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

offhandedness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

offhandedness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

offhandedness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάροστη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

offhandedness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fräckhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

offhandedness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of offhandedness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFHANDEDNESS»

The term «offhandedness» is normally little used and occupies the 110.881 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFHANDEDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «offhandedness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «offhandedness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about offhandedness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFFHANDEDNESS»

Discover the use of offhandedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to offhandedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mutual Discovery
The future of the planet is getting more and more at the mercy of politicians' offhandedness. Whenever I have mentioned this gloomy aspect of reality, my remarks have received either polite indifference, unjustified anger against me or a piece ...
Antonie A. Raphael, 2007
2
Understanding John Gardner
10 This "offhandedness," sly or ingenuous, may partially account for Gardner's contradictory responses to interviewers. Though the central thesis of On Moral Fiction is that fiction should search for "truths to live by," Gardner's earlier statements ...
John Michael Howell, 1993
3
Breaking the Glass Armor: Neoformalist Film Analysis
He is the only film maker in the world who can afford to treat the cinema with such apparent offhandedness. It took Renoir to muster the audacity to film Gorki on the banks of the Marne or to handle the casting of The Rules of the Game, in which ...
Kristin Thompson, 1988
4
Commentary on Colossians and Philemon (Commentary on the New ...
The unexpectedness, indeed offhandedness, of this comparison (“lest I tell you” means “not to mention,” though the mention is nevertheless made)—this offhandedness and “even yourself” spotlight the disparity between the debts, a disparity ...
Robert H. Gundry, 2011
5
Ornithologies of Desire: Ecocritical Essays, Avian Poetics, ...
Reviewing Apparatus in Books in Canada, Richard Greene claims that “[t]o declare one's offhandedness in a self-conscious manner is an obvious contradiction, and a pretentious one” (27). Greene, it seems to me, is not paying attention in the ...
Travis V. Mason, 2013
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Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the ...
I have reported my initial, persistent sense of the "nothingness" of this shot ( remarking the spareness of its imagery, the conventionality of its words, the apparent offhandedness of the characters' manners), and confessed at the same time my ...
Stanley Cavell, 2005
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Commentary on the New Testament
The unexpectedness, indeed offhandedness, of this comparison (“lest I tell you” means “not to mention,” though the mention is nevertheless made)—this offhandedness and “even yourself” spotlight the disparity between the debts, a disparity ...
Robert H. Gundry, 2010
8
What's Left?: The Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Right
Behind this erudition and professed dogmatism lie "a kind of elegant and sober offhandedness, fancifulness, and oddness."80 Offhandedness (desinvolture) in this example must be modified — or, more accurately, "normalized" — with sober  ...
Diane Rubenstein, 1990
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Local Transcendence: Essays on Postmodern Historicism and ...
Yet, when prefaced by the poet's own offhandedness (“At other moments, . . . ' twas my chance”), and when excused as conducting a merely “gentle,” “ antiquarian,” and so unmethodical charm, the felt effect is the opposite of heavy- handed.
Alan Liu, 2009
10
The Synonym Finder
1. slackness, laxity, laxness, carelessness, heedlessness, mindlessness, inattention; relaxation, loosening, offhandedness, casualness, easiness, indifference, nonconcern, insouciance; neglect, negligence, remissness, dereliction, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFFHANDEDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term offhandedness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Essence Music Festival lineup to include Erykah Badu
She seemed to be reaching out with love to the women who are also living what she's going through, with an offhandedness that made her ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
2
Politicians shed crocodile tears over Charleston tragedy
But there's a chilling level of comfort in its offhandedness. In other shootings … It indicates that we've been here before, which we have, and ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
3
Thanks for the Maladies
... Maladies have exhibited a casual intensity, giving the sense that the quartet creates from a combination of diligence and offhandedness. «Cincinnati CityBeat, Jun 15»
4
See by Chloé
... Chloé signature over the course of several seasons; in addition to being a simple step toward Parisienne offhandedness (even for those who ... «Style.com, Jun 15»
5
Yes, You Can Call It A Rivalry
... he said with an almost affected offhandedness. “There's been four or five rivalries over the past year. So, it doesn't really do anything for me.”. «GolfDigest.com, May 15»
6
The Grand-Prix at Jack Saloon Vieux-Montréal: F1, Jack and Rock'n …
With amazing precision, this band is able to recreate the rock and roll energy and offhandedness of the famous Australian group – from the ... «Canada NewsWire, May 15»
7
Christening Katie Stout's New Apartment with a Trip to Home Depot …
Her offhandedness and distinct lilt belies her profound success—In 2014, she was commissioned by Bjarne Melgaard to show at the Whitney ... «Curbed National, Apr 15»
8
Review: United Kitchen, Phil's Kitchen
... something proposed tableside by the waitress incorporating elements of other dishes smacks more of offhandedness than personal service. «New Zealand Herald, Apr 15»
9
Movie review: 'Queen and Country' shows heartbreak of war
When a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder is applied to Bradley, a World War II veteran, late in the film, the offhandedness of it seems ... «News & Observer, Apr 15»
10
Major British Parties Struggle to Fend Off Challenges as Campaigns …
... Cameron is considered a better leader and more competent to run the economy, he also has a reputation for offhandedness and entitlement, ... «New York Times, Mar 15»

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