Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
- 2adverb
In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.
- 3adjective
casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
"an offhand manner"
"she treated most men with offhand contempt"
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- 4adjective
with little or no preparation or forethought
"his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"
"an extemporaneous piano recital"
- 5adverb
in a casually inconsiderate manner
"replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"
"she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"
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- 6adverb
without previous thought or preparation
"couldn't give the figures offhand"
"we decided offhand to go to Canada"
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