offhanded \offhanded\ adj.
1. same as offhand and off-the-cuff.
Syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, offhand,
off-the-cuff, unpremeditated, unrehearsed.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Without, or seeming to be without, plan or method; casual.
Syn: casual, offhand.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
offhanded
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"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand
excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring";
"an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"
[syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore,
impromptu, offhand, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed]
2: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner";
"she treated most men with offhand contempt" [syn: offhand]
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: offhand, 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: offhand,
offhandedly]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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