offhanded

off·hand (ôf

adv.

Without preparation or forethought; extemporaneously.

adj. also off·hand·ed (-h

Performed or expressed without preparation or forethought. See Synonyms at extemporaneous.

offhanded·ly adv.

offhanded·ness n.

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Adj.	1.	offhanded - with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, unrehearsed unprepared - without preparation; not prepared for; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson
	2.	offhanded - casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt" offhand careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
Adv.	1.	offhanded - without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" offhand, offhandedly
	2.	offhanded - in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" offhand, offhandedly

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extemporaneous
extemporary
extempore
impromptu
off-the-cuff
offhand
offhandedly
unrehearsed

Thus his offhanded admission that "Christianity has rarely been sufficient in itself to prevent acts of racial oppression" (p.

The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic ... by Marler, Scott P. / Journal of Social History

No more guessing or offhanded computing is exacted.

Cheese Press Must Equipment in Cheese Forming by Jean Kokus / Home based business community

Yet that air of offhanded accomplishment belies years of training, from early days at Milwaukee Ballet School with Ted Kivitt and Paul Sutherland to further study at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, ABT's short-lived School of Classical Ballet, and the School of American Ballet.

2008 Dance Magazine awards by Dance Magazine

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