offhandish, a.
(ɒfˈhændɪʃ, ɔː-)
[f. off-hand, offhand adj. phr. + -ish1.]
Somewhat off-hand; off-handed. Hence offˈhandishly adv., off-handedly.
| 1886 in H. Baumann Londinismen 124/2. 1926 E. M. Roberts Time of Man i. 28 The brown colt came from the other side of the enclosure, nibbling offhandishly at the wilted grass and edging always a little nearer. 1952 Ethics LXIII. 66/1 Commitments acknowledged only in an offhandish way by Moore. |