| 单词 | off-handedness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˌoff-ˈhandedness ˌoff-ˈhandedness n. the quality or fact of being off-handed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > curtness or brusqueness abruptness1591 snappishness1598 bluntness1608 cuttedness1622 briskness1668 bluntishness1691 snappinga1734 brusquerie1752 off-handedness1823 brusqueness1859 bluffness1863 curtness1882 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 364 There is in them..an open off-handedness (to use a significant Irishism). 1943 Public Opinion Q. 7 105 He doen't like what seems to him half a dozen affectations: off-handedness in the face of comrades' deaths, extreme reserve in all matters of emotion, etcetera. 1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy xiii. 193 He was surprised at the off-handedness of her mothering. < as lemmas |
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