Synonyms for offhand
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : awf-hand, of- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔfˈhænd, ˈɒf- |
Top 10 synonyms for offhand Other synonyms for the word offhand
Définition of offhand
- adj abrupt, careless
- adj ad-lib, extemporaneous
- Offhand he could think of no weak spot on his side; and if he must fight, he would fight.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- The doctor was a little bearded man in white, with an offhand manner.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- With offhand cordiality, Claude takes charge of this interesting friend.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- It isn't every day that a man and his wife get their lives saved in that offhand way!
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- I began in an offhand but cautious manner to talk about Bernard.
- Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton
- One who can tell you offhand how many sharps are in the key of C major.
- Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
- "The quicker the sooner," Morgan replied in offhand cowboy way.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- Like that, offhand, as if it was somethin' you could do anytime between lunch and one-thirty.
- Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- The best alibi I can think up is that I did it offhand and casual.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- He was handsome and bold and pleasant, offhand and gay and kind.
- Extract from : « The Turn of the Screw » by Henry James
Antonyms for offhand
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