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offhand
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Adjective
  • casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
    • an offhand manner
    • she treated most men with offhand contempt
  • 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
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
  • without previous thought or preparation
    • couldn't give the figures offhand
    • we decided offhand to go to Canada
    • she had made these remarks offhandedly
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