offhand, offhanded
(adjective) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; “an offhand manner”; “she treated most men with offhand contempt”
extemporaneous, ad-lib, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed
(adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought; “his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment”; “an extemporaneous piano recital”; “an extemporary lecture”; “an extempore skit”; “an impromptu speech”; “offhand excuses”; “trying to sound offhanded and reassuring”; “an off-the-cuff toast”; “a few unrehearsed comments”
offhand, offhanded, offhandedly
(adverb) in a casually inconsiderate manner; “replied offhand, his mind a million miles away”; “she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter”
offhand, offhanded, offhandedly
(adverb) without previous thought or preparation; “couldn’t give the figures offhand”; “we decided offhand to go to Canada”; “she had made these remarks offhandedly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
offhanded (comparative more offhanded, superlative most offhanded)
in a casual or curt style, without preparation or thought; Impromptu, offhand. [from 18th c.]
• handed off
Source: Wiktionary
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
