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offhand adjective

• ungraciously or offensively nonchalant or cool in manner.
• "you were a bit offhand with her this afternoon"
Similar: indifferent, casual, careless, uninterested, unconcerned, cool, distant, aloof, nonchalant, blasé, insouciant, offhanded, cavalier, glib, perfunctory, cursory, unceremonious, ungracious, curt, abrupt, terse, brusque, dismissive, discourteous, uncivil, impolite, rude, impromptu, off-the-cuff, spontaneous, extempore, unpremeditated, extemporaneous, unthinking, unstudied, off, offish, couldn't-care-less, take-it-or-leave-it, pococurante,

offhand adverb

• without previous thought or consideration.
• "I can't think of a better answer offhand"
Similar: without preparation, on the spur of the moment, without consideration, without checking, extempore, impromptu, ad lib, extemporaneously, without rehearsal, spontaneously, ad libitum, off the cuff, off the top of one's head, just like that, at the drop of a hat,


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