offhand

/awf-hand, of-/US // ˈɔfˈhænd, ˈɒf- //UK // (ˌɒfˈhænd) //

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- : without previous thought or preparation; extempore: to decide offhand to take a trip.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : informal, casual, curt, or brusque: an offhand manner.
- : Also offhanded. done or made offhand.
- : Glassmaking. working manually and without the use of molds: offhand blowing.

adj.abrupt, careless

Synonyms

A decade and a half later, the only rule I remember offhand is the one I always broke.
The 70-year-old humorist, commentator, chronically blocked writer, sometime actor and Manhattan fixture—a master of the short sentence as well as the offhand dismissal—was the subject of his HBO documentary Public Speaking, from 2010.
I don’t think I really am that noisy, but offhand comments from the future in-laws have made me self-conscious.
Offhand, I can think of two Jacks—Jack of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and Jack the Ripper, who cut quite a figure in his day.
One aide monitoring the speech gave it the kind of offhand tweet it deserves.
Everyone should watch what they say lest their offhand remarks be twisted and damage the company.
The guy who was president when New Orleans drowned—I can't recall his name offhand—froze our government in icy indifference.
C-SPAN Negotiations An offhand promise in a debate ended up coming back to haunt Democrats during the health-care debate.
I didn't much like his offhand way of asking; not that it wasn't a perfectly legitimate query.
Offhand, I would say that the train passed over his body some several hours after his death.
But he meets only with an offhand denial, couched in words of scant courtesy.

/awf-hand, of-/US // ˈɔfˈhænd, ˈɒf- //UK // (ˌɒfˈhænd) //

大手大脚,大大咧咧,大大咧咧的,大手大脚的

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- : without previous thought or preparation; extempore: to decide offhand to take a trip.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : informal, casual, curt, or brusque: an offhand manner.
- : Also offhanded. done or made offhand.
- : Glassmaking. working manually and without the use of molds: offhand blowing.

adj.abrupt, careless

Synonyms

A decade and a half later, the only rule I remember offhand is the one I always broke.
The 70-year-old humorist, commentator, chronically blocked writer, sometime actor and Manhattan fixture—a master of the short sentence as well as the offhand dismissal—was the subject of his HBO documentary Public Speaking, from 2010.
I don’t think I really am that noisy, but offhand comments from the future in-laws have made me self-conscious.
Offhand, I can think of two Jacks—Jack of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and Jack the Ripper, who cut quite a figure in his day.
One aide monitoring the speech gave it the kind of offhand tweet it deserves.
Everyone should watch what they say lest their offhand remarks be twisted and damage the company.
The guy who was president when New Orleans drowned—I can't recall his name offhand—froze our government in icy indifference.
C-SPAN Negotiations An offhand promise in a debate ended up coming back to haunt Democrats during the health-care debate.
I didn't much like his offhand way of asking; not that it wasn't a perfectly legitimate query.
Offhand, I would say that the train passed over his body some several hours after his death.
But he meets only with an offhand denial, couched in words of scant courtesy.