offhand

offhand is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
2. adverb. In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.
3. adjective. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate

   "an offhand manner"

   "she treated most men with offhand contempt"

   Synonyms: offhanded

4. adjective. with little or no preparation or forethought

   "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"

   "an extemporaneous piano recital"

   Synonyms: extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhanded, unrehearsed

5. adverb. in a casually inconsiderate manner

   "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"

   "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"

   Synonyms: offhanded, offhandedly

6. adverb. without previous thought or preparation

   "couldn't give the figures offhand"

   "we decided offhand to go to Canada"

   Synonyms: offhanded, offhandedly

Synonyms

offhanded, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, unrehearsed, offhandedly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in offhand:

handoff

Common word forms

offhanded

Words from these letters

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