About The Word Offhand

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Offhand

Offhand Meaning & Definition
Offhand Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Offhand?

[adv] in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"
[adv] without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"
[adj] casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
[adj] with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Offhand: ad-lib | careless | extemporaneous | extemporary | extempore | offhanded | offhanded | offhandedly | off-the-cuff | unprepared | unrehearsed

Related Terms | Find terms related to Offhand: abrupt | ad lib | ad libitum | ad-lib | affable | airily | airy | aloof | any old way | any which way | anyhow | at short notice | at sight | blase | Bohemian | brusque | bunglingly | by ear | by the by | by the way | careless | carelessly | casual | casually | cavalier | clumsily | cool | cordial | cursorily | cursory | curt | degage | devil-may-care | disregardant | disregardful | disregardfully | distant | easy | easygoing | en famille | en passant | extemporaneous | extemporaneously | extemporarily | extemporary | extempore | familiar | familiarly | flippant | folksy | forgetful | forgetfully | free and easy | glib | gracious | haphazardly | haymish | heedless | heedlessly | helter-skelter | hit and miss | hit or miss | homely | homey | impromptu | improvisatorial | improvise | improvised | improviso | in passing | inattentively | incidentally | inconsiderate | inconsiderately | indifferent | informal | informally | insouciant | irregular | jury-rigged | lackadaisical | lazy | light-hearted | loose | makeshift | messily | natural | naturally | nonchalant | oblivious | off the cuff | off the hip | offhanded | offhandedly | off-the-cuff | on sight | once over lightly | out of hand | parenthetically | perfunctorily | perfunctory | plain | plainly | promiscuously | reckless | recklessly | regardless | regardlessly | relaxed | relaxedly | respectless | sans ceremonie | simple | simply | slapdash | sloppily | smooth | sociable | spur-of-the-moment | stopgap | superficial | superficially | tactless | tactlessly | thoughtless | thoughtlessly | unaffected | unaffectedly | unassuming | unassumingly | unceremonious | unceremoniously | unconcerned | unconstrained | unconstrainedly | unconventional | undiplomatic | ungracious | unguardedly | unheedful | unheedfully | unheeding | unheedingly | uninterested | unmindful | unmindfully | unofficial | unofficially | unpremeditated | unprepared | unready | unrehearsed | unsolicitous | unsolicitously | unstudied | untactful | unthinking | unthinkingly | unvigilantly | unwarily | without ceremony

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Offhand In Webster's Dictionary

\Off"hand`\, a. Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses. -- adv. In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.

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