offhand

Adjective Satellite

• with little or no preparation or forethought
  • "offhand excuses"
  • "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"
• casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
  • "an offhand manner"
  • "she treated most men with offhand contempt"

Adverb

• Without previous thought or preparation; casually.
• without previous thought or preparation
  • "couldn't give the figures offhand"
  • "we decided offhand to go to Canada"
  • "she had made these remarks offhandedly"
• in a casually inconsiderate manner
  • "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"
  • "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"

Adj

• Without planning or thinking ahead.
• Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration.
• Curt, abrupt, unfriendly.

Adv

• Right away, immediately, without thinking about it.
• In an abrupt or unfriendly manner.

Examples

• He could, OFFHAND, list a dozen valid two-letter words in Scrabble.
• He doesn't realise how hurtful his offhand remarks can be.
• Offhand, I'd guess that that's a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
• She gave an offhand speech.
• She was quite offhand with me yesterday.

Synonyms

ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhanded, offhandedly, unrehearsed, out of hand#Adverb

Related Words

off the top of one's head

Anagrams of offhand