His statements were not offhand remarks, but rather should be seen as representative of the Kochs, as he was hailed as their "grand strategist" by emcee Kevin Gentry in the proceedings and sits on the boards of several of their organizations.
His approach to his legacy is not quite so offhand.
As in analytical heuristics, it is not possible to offhand separate power with, power to, and power over in empirical research.
The resolution, though, is not quite what it would seem offhand, for what Senator Anderson and his associates are seeking is to establish the principle, if it can be called one, that the Senate is not a "continuing body," with no need for new rules, and that, like the House of Representatives, it must dissolve every two years and reform as a successor to the dissolved body.
Unlike the Coastguardsmen or the Infantry on the next boat, they had never been in the real thing before and were not so offhand about it.
This is not some largely innocuous person saying an offhand insane thing (e.g., Jesse Eisenberg comparing Comic-Con to genocide).
What can sometimes seem offhand, slight and casually improvised in Creeley's work is not at all what it appears to be.
New York is not a more poetic city because the Selwyn Theatre, on Forty-second Street, is now the American Airlines Theatre — though I admit that, offhand, I'm not sure I could think of an alternative way to pay for its refurbishment.
In a rare instance of offhand irony and compression, Amis's narrator explains, "The love story is triangular in shape, and the triangle is not equilateral".
Bono's idea wasn't an offhand comment he made while getting drinks with a buddy.
