Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Offhand; without hesitation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
offhand andoff-the-cuff . - adjective Without, or seeming to be without, plan or method; casual.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective in a
casual orcurt style , withoutpreparation orthought
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective with little or no preparation or forethought
- adjective casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
- adverb without previous thought or preparation
- adverb in a casually inconsiderate manner
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Examples
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"This kind of offhanded suggestion that we will somehow put you on a dragnet of suspected persons if you refuse to do what you can voluntarily decline to do is the nub of the problem here," Ms. Vonn said in an interview.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ROBERT MATAS 2011
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I felt like this was the bullshit I'd been dealing with forever, this kind of offhanded, patronizing disrespect for the culture of hip-hop.
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You can see, though, with just one twist of the DNA, how the son can bring the father's literary talent to the outlaw country / redneck rock genre; he writes songs with the kind of offhanded quick wit and painfully bitter, cut-to-the-bone romantic remorse with which geniuses like John Hiatt, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earl, Robert Earl Keene, and Rodney Crowell made their names.
Slate Magazine 2009
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Of course my comments are not limited to the offhanded remarks by an older politician appearing on television, these types of attacks have occurred regularly on FOX News or even CNN, particularly when Lou Dobbs Tonight aired.
Ediberto Roman: Come on Bill Maher! Isn't it Time to Get Real? Ediberto Roman 2012
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Of course my comments are not limited to the offhanded remarks by an older politician appearing on television, these types of attacks have occurred regularly on FOX News or even CNN, particularly when Lou Dobbs Tonight aired.
Ediberto Roman: Come on Bill Maher! Isn't it Time to Get Real? Ediberto Roman 2012
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I was just kidding and got into trouble with my Frog wife for those offhanded remarks which were intended to be humorous.
Elevation/Altitude 2009
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Once again, I´m not comparing your offhanded remark with this crude woman´s obnoxious behavior but we all owe it to our hosts to act civily at all times.
Page 2 2009
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I was just kidding and got into trouble with my Frog wife for those offhanded remarks which were intended to be humorous.
Elevation/Altitude 2009
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Of course my comments are not limited to the offhanded remarks by an older politician appearing on television, these types of attacks have occurred regularly on FOX News or even CNN, particularly when Lou Dobbs Tonight aired.
Ediberto Roman: Come on Bill Maher! Isn't it Time to Get Real? Ediberto Roman 2012
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Of course my comments are not limited to the offhanded remarks by an older politician appearing on television, these types of attacks have occurred regularly on FOX News or even CNN, particularly when Lou Dobbs Tonight aired.
Ediberto Roman: Come on Bill Maher! Isn't it Time to Get Real? Ediberto Roman 2012
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