Meaning of OFFHANDED
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- [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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| Synonyms: | | ad-lib, careless, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, offhand, offhand, offhandedly, off-the-cuff, unprepared, unrehearsed |
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