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What (who) is OFFHAND - definition
Offhand
·adv In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.
II. Offhand ·adj Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
offhand
¦ adjective ungraciously nonchalant or cool in manner.
¦ adverb without previous consideration.
Derivatives
offhanded adjective
offhandedly adverb
offhandedness noun
offhand
also off-hand
1.
If you say that someone is being offhand, you are critical of them for being unfriendly or impolite, and not showing any interest in what other people are doing or saying.
Consumers found the attitude of its staff offhand and generally offensive to the paying customer.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ [disapproval]
2.
If you say something offhand, you say it without checking the details or facts of it.
'Have you done the repairs?'-'Can't say off-hand, but I doubt it.'...
ADV: ADV after v
Examples of use of OFFHAND
1. She did not know offhand the number of wine producers.
2. Colleagues could find his offhand, sometimes wounding, comments disconcerting.
3. I can think of two sectors like that offhand that have been deluged in negative coverage.
4. Because nobody thought that competition would be so greatly globalized, we were caught offhand.
5. In confirming his role, Armitage said his disclosure to Novak was done in an offhand way.