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Offhand

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 See Also \| 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.

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"

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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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