offhanded
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˌɔfˈhændɪd/
:
despectivo
- "Rikers," Dan gathered himself together to remark in an offhanded way.
- offhanded way
- offhanded comment
- offhanded manner
Yes, I did make that offhanded quip once, once.
- Yes, I did make that offhanded quip once, once.
- It tends to be around more big ticket stuff, not in the day-to-day careless offhanded comments about everyday stuff.
- And in a kind of offhanded way, Hams Stengel said, well, they would just like to kill the Jews.
- It is a topic I get requested to speak about a lot and I touch on relatively often, but in very offhanded ways.
- The setbacks themselves can be tiny little things like somebody making an offhanded remark about your appearance or about something you did.
Examples
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Everything she said was flat and offhanded as if nothing mattered more than anything else, and she was kind of bored to have to tell me.
Fiction book (1996) -
The judge's offhanded direction to Bosch had been what Fowkkes was going for.
Fiction book (2001) -
That was a little offhanded.
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Why then did she choose to approach the topic in such an offhanded manner?
Academic text (2004) -
She hoped her request sounded offhanded, like she was just asking it to pass the time.
Fiction book (1994) -
The setbacks themselves can be tiny little things like somebody making an offhanded remark about your appearance or about something you did.
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It was the casual, offhanded way she'd said it—as if to imply, aren't those the kind of things everyone thinks about when they're alone in the woods?—that had touched him so.
Fiction book (1996) -
He made an offhanded comment about my outfit that I found quite rude.
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She casually offered an offhanded suggestion without really thinking it through.
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During the meeting, his offhanded remarks indicated he wasn't fully engaged.
Synonyms
37
6.3
Done or said without preparation
11
6.3
Said or done without planning first
7
6.9
Showing little care or interest in a casual way
7
5.3
Not planned or practiced before
3
7.2
Said or done without planning beforehand
2
9.1
Said or done without preparation on the spot
1
6.7
Done quickly and without polite or formal manners
1
7.4
Said or done without preparation
1
7.2
To say or do something without thinking and planning
Happening without much planning
Antonyms
How Unprepared
69
2.8
14
1.0
37
4.0
1
7.2
194
2.8
103
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
offhanded = offhand (semi-transparent) = off + hand + ed
Formed from 'offhand' + '-ed', but the meaning 'casual, unprepared' is idiomatic and not strictly predictable from 'off' + 'hand' for many learners.
Etymology
Offhanded comes from the idea of saying something 'off hand' — the parts off- and hand suggest doing something without taking it 'in hand' first, that is, not prepared. So to be offhanded is to speak or act quickly and casually, 'without previous thought'.