Carelessly typing a few odd letters from Alexandria, perhaps (8)
I believe the answer is:
egyptian
'alexandria perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'carelessly typing a few odd' is the wordplay.
'carelessly' is an anagram indicator.
'odd' indicates alternate letters.
'a'+'few'='afew'
The alternate letters of 'afew' are 'ae'.
'typing'+'ae'='typingae'
'typingae' is an anagram of 'EGYPTIAN'.
'letters from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for egyptian that I've seen before include "Strange tiny page for the nationality" , "Tiny page, oddly, for the nationality" , "Nationality of citizen of Cairo" , "Like a type of goose" , "I pay gent of this nationality" .)