Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Offhand"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Offhand \Off"hand`\, a.
Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech;
offhand excuses. -- adv. In an offhand manner; as, he replied
offhand.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
off-hand
adv : without preparation; "I don't know the figures off-hand"
[syn: {ex tempore}]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
offhand
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"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound
offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a
few unrehearsed comments" [syn: {ad-lib}, {extemporaneous},
{extemporary}, {extempore}, {offhanded}, {off-the-cuff},
{unrehearsed}]
2: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner";
"she treated most men with offhand contempt" [syn: {offhanded}]
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: {offhanded}, {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: {offhanded},
{offhandedly}]
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