offhand

offhand
  • tính từ
    • (về cách ứng xử, lời nói) quá tự nhiên, lấc cấc; không khách sáo; thoải mái
      • he was rather offhand with me: anh ta hơi quá thân mật đối với tôi
      • I don't like his offhand manner: tôi không ưa cung cách lấc của anh ta
  • phó từ
    • không suy nghĩ trước, ngay tức khắc, ứng khẩu
      • I can't say offhand how much money I earn: tôi không thể nói ngay lập tức tôi kiếm được bao nhiêu tiền
      • Offhand I can't quote you an exact price: tôi không thể nói ngay giá chính xác là bao nhiêu

Xem thêm: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed, offhanded, offhanded, offhandedly, offhanded, offhandedly



offhand

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • with little or no preparation or forethought; ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed

    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

  • casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; offhanded

    an offhand manner

    she treated most men with offhand contempt

    adv.

  • without previous thought or preparation; offhanded, offhandedly

    couldn't give the figures offhand

    we decided offhand to go to Canada

    she had made these remarks offhandedly

  • in a casually inconsiderate manner; offhanded, offhandedly

    replied offhand, his mind a million miles away

    she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter


English Idioms Dictionary

casual, without much thought, off the cuff I didn't think before I spoke. It was an offhand remark.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: ad-lib extemporaneous extemporary extempore impromptu off-the-cuff offhanded offhandedly unrehearsed