“Now, you can do this in an offhand manner, casually noting results, but you'll be much further ahead if you do it somewhat scientifically.”

“It is not safe or wise to trust a serious matter to offhand speech.”

“I was offhand with you because I thought you were a stuck-up little madam.”

“While the ideas expressed in these interviews may lack the benefits of hindsight, they do not come across as offhanded or unstudied.”

“However, while the ideas expressed in these interviews may lack the benefits of hindsight, they do not come across as offhanded or unstudied.”

“One of the best letters in the collection, to Diana Trilling, from 1960, is an offhanded masterwork of criticism.”