OFFHAND


Meaning of OFFHAND in English

I. adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I didn't like his offhand manner.

The store manager was rather offhand with us at first.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Bowie himself seems curiously offhand in his solos, but ready and voluble with the verbals.

Particularly when you consider some of his offhand remarks in the latest interview.

She greeted him with a pot of coffee and a brisk, slightly mocking, offhand smile.

The offhand mention of the first marriage somehow stops Britell dead in his tracks.

There is sometimes a stage in the tone 2 are where the patient begins to be offhand and flippant.

What did the inconvenience of an offhand reply really matter?

II. adverb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I can't think offhand of anyone who'd be able to help you.

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