Thesaurus: offhand
Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
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Definitions
- a. Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
- adv. In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.
- adj. with little or no preparation or forethought
- adj. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
- adv. without previous thought or preparation
- adv. in a casually inconsiderate manner
- Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses. -- adv. In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.
- Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhandexcuses.-- adv.
- r:37/j:63 s. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate r. without previous thought or preparation r. in a casually inconsiderate manner