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Recent Examples of offhandedness
Her writing made great use of offhandedness.
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Ariel Levy, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Ariel Levy, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offhandedness
Noun
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Seydoux also approaches her beauty with a quintessentially French casualness.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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The house did not have a European or East Coast seriousness, but rather a Californian dimension rooted in casualness, improvisation, and lack of pretension.—
Rem Koolhaas,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Both arrived at Oxford with the insouciance of privilege, having been privately educated at exclusive institutions, Down at Charterhouse School (Thackeray, Vaughan Williams) and Kay at King’s College School, Wimbledon (Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Sickert).—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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Victoria Mboko is only 18 years old, but presents more insouciance than innocence on the court.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Offhandedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offhandedness. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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