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Offhand

Offhand | Offhanded | Offhandedly

Offhand meaning

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

Example sentences (19)

The clip of Ferdinand’s offhand comment during the show went viral on social media, while certain news websites even misquoted the former United defender to make it appear that Garnacho had made the claim himself.

There’s nothing offhand, though, about her mounting fury.

It was goofy and offhand (one wonderful mash-up from the archives produced a giraffe-leopard print) and photographed in the open-air safety of a beachside villa an hour from Florence.

The TV show analyzes itself for you with these offhand comments by the characters, so you don’t have to do any of the hard work of thinking, and they don’t have to do any of the hard work of delving into the complexity of contemporary heterosexuality.

But for those who had received overtures of deep commitment over more than a few months, that kind of offhand explanation is rarely enough to provide closure.

But knowing it was a routine procedure, experienced by thousands of other tourists before them, they may have regarded it in much the same offhand manner as conference attendees treat announcements about the location of the toilets and emergency exits.

I was here because of an offhand comment from Dr. Auerbach, the toy museum director.

After being told by AP earlier this month that Smart’s lawyer was sending a cease-and-desist letter, Sevier said the name “Elizabeth Smart Law” was an “offhand name” that had been given to the legislation by lawmakers.

I call out casual racism when I encounter it — the only time I’ve ever lost my patience with a student was because of an offhand comment about Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

I think they were furious that someone in public life had dared to make an offhand joke about the level of contempt in which the media is now held.

It's not an offhand remark.

It’s not an offhand remark.

Joseph told iWitness News that he could not detail offhand the quantity and type of guns and ammunition found.

Not a specialist, but offhand I'd think 'plate tectonics'.

Paul Horwich, a philosophy professor at New York University, notes that Wittgenstein’s comments are not simply offhand remarks, but relevant to his broader theories on language.

When I did a long profile on him for he offhand mentioned to me this gas station on Hollywood Boulevard where you used to go to get into trouble, which was his euphemism, I gathered, for same-sex liaisons happening there.

In June 2011, John Carmack made an offhand comment that id Software was considering a remake to the ".

I received an offhand response, a dampener.

On the December 21, 1952 episode of the show—telecast live—Kaufman made an offhand remark about the excessive airing of " Silent Night " during the Christmas season.