Word: offhandedly
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...None of the facile, offhand explanations would satisfy any reputable vanthropologist, if there were such a thing. The automobile industry, for all its reputed mastery of behavioral science, hardly advances real understanding of the phenomenon...
...their offhand approach to this rather rigid form, the commissaris books most closely resemble the mysteries of Nico las Freeling. But Van de Wetering's inspiration was the late Robert van Gulik, a mystery writer and Oriental scholar who was once the Dutch Ambassador to Japan. He appears briefly in The Japanese Corpse - as a helpful ambassador...
Clitics say the firm's traditionally offhand style has deteriorated into indecisiveness under Christina's helmsmanship. Complains a French banker: "She can't concentrate. She'll really get into a subject, but then her mind will get onto something else. She has no follow-through." But others point out that nothing much has really changed, and that Ari himself was a notorious dilly-dallier who would often seem to agree on a deal only to back down at the last moment...
...person or organization may be. For example, even Dirty Harry, the psychopathic vengeance-seeker, becomes one of the "good guys" within this basic framework. These opposing forces usually are taken for granted, and most murder mysteries do not delve any further into the matter, save for a few offhand comments on the fallibility of the men in the white hats. Bo Widerberg's Man on the Roof, however, confronts this automatic assumption in a serious and thought-provoking manner, functioning not only as a top-notch suspense film but also as a valuable comment on our naive notions regarding just...
...diverting screwball comedy. These are not the right hands. The film is a noisy, pell-mell piece of work. Deneuve has so little flair for physical comedy that the frequent closeups of her stunning face are more enlivening than her knockabout scenes. Montand is a cannier performer; his offhand Gallic charm offers a study in how an actor can operate at a safe distance from his material. Even his smile is pained, as well...