OFFHAND

offhand

Adjective

  1. without planning or thinking ahead
    She gave an offhand speech.
  2. careless; without sufficient thought or consideration
    He doesn't realise how hurtful his offhand remarks can be.
  3. curt, abrupt, unfriendly
    She was quite offhand with me yesterday.

Adverb

  1. right away, immediately, without thinking about it
  2. in an offhand manner


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