OFFHANDED

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


Etymology

Adjective

offhanded (comparative more offhanded, superlative most offhanded)

in a casual or curt style, without preparation or thought; Impromptu, offhand. [from 18th c.]

Anagrams

• handed off

Source: Wiktionary



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