OFFHANDEDNESS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

offhandedness

noun

as in casualness

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Recent Examples of offhandedness Her writing made great use of offhandedness. — Ariel Levy, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Now my mother and I sometimes talk about Hương; never directly, but with a casualness that, too, seems like a gift.

— Thao Thai, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Some of those losses stemmed from carelessness, with his supreme confidence occasionally straying into casualness.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of casualness

Noun

Rumpled lengths ooze insouciance, radiating a can't-be-bothered energy that, for some, is far cooler than even the bounciest blowout.

— Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 4 July 2026
This turn was frankly difficult to digest in a show that’s otherwise adopted a stance of irreverent insouciance toward other hot topics.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026

Definition of insouciance

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