offhand
IPA: ˈɔfhˈænd
adjective
- Without planning or thinking ahead.
- Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration.
- Curt, abrupt, unfriendly.
adverb
- Right away, immediately, without thinking about it.
- In an abrupt or unfriendly manner.
off-hand
IPA: ˈɔfhˈænd
adjective
- Alternative spelling of offhand [Without planning or thinking ahead.]
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Examples of "offhand" in Sentences
- She made an offhand remark about the weather that caught his attention
- His offhand answer suggested he hadn’t given the question much thought
- During the meeting, she dismissed his concerns with an offhand comment
- I appreciated her offhand compliment; it brightened my day
- An offhand suggestion from a friend led them to discover a new favorite restaurant
Examples of "off-hand" in Sentences
- But while it may be silly, it was not a flip, off-hand remark.
- I can't think of any books off-hand, but I'm thinking about it.
- I asked, and she said “Sure, yeah,” in that off-hand manner that she had.
- Q: On the DVD commentary for New Moon, Chris Weitz kind of made and off-hand comment about your audition process.
- He might not have the tools or interest to monitor sales that closely during the day, or perhaps he could not say off-hand how much was sold on a typical day in January.
- So off-hand remarks about beer marketing only add to the pile of Chuck Norris flicks, Donald Trump exploits, and Paris Hilton hijinks that surround the USA mythic persona.
- I can't help but remember how he had a series of strokes and lost use of his right hand (his painting hand) and yet had the willpower and skill to teach himself to paint with his off-hand.
- Bloomberg reported that the PlayBook will be able to support Android apps, which seemed to be backed up by an off-hand comment a RIM representative made at the Mobile World Congress last month.
- It all started when the down-to-earth Mary Louise made an off-hand comment at a baby shower in praise of a pink outfit that the Ethridges purchased for the expected arrival, whose sex was known before birth because of an ultrasound.
- In one passage she writes about something Madeleine said to her the day the 4-year-old disappeared that she dismissed as an off-hand remark at the time: "Why didn't you come when Sean and I cried last night?" she recalls Madeleine having asked.
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