English
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /��f�hænd/
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ænd|-ænd
Adjective
offhand
#without planning or thinking ahead
#*She gave an offhand speech.
#careless; without sufficient thought or consideration
#*He doesn't realise how hurtful his offhand remarks can be.
#curt, abrupt, unfriendly
#*She was quite offhand with me yesterday.
Adverb
offhand
#right away, immediately, without thinking about it
#* Offhand, I'd guess that that's a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
#*1854: William Makepeace Thackeray, The Rose and the Ring - We will have no more of this shilly-shallying! Call the Archbishop, and let the Prince and Princess be married offhand!
#in an offhand manner
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