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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective offhanded has 2 senses
- offhanded(s = adj.all) ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, unrehearsed - 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"
- offhanded(s = adj.all) offhand - casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
Adverbial offhanded has 2 senses
- offhanded(r = adv.all) offhand, offhandedly - without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"
- offhanded(r = adv.all) offhand, 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
offhanded, adj.
- same as offhand and off-the-cuff. [WordNet 1.5]
- Without, or seeming to be without, plan or method; casual. [WordNet 1.5]
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