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offhand |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Offhand \Off"hand`\, a. Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as an offhand speech; offhand excuses. -- adv In an offhand manner; as he replied offhand. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: off-hand adv : without preparation; "I don't know the figures off-hand" [syn: {ex tempore}] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: offhand adj 1: 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" [syn: {ad-lib}, {extemporaneous}, {extemporary}, {extempore}, {offhanded}, {off-the-cuff}, {unrehearsed}] 2: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt" [syn: {offhanded}] adv 1: without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" [syn: {offhanded}, {offhandedly}] 2: in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" [syn: {offhanded}, {offhandedly}]
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