offhanded
offhanded is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
"an offhand manner"
"she treated most men with offhand contempt"
- adjective. with little or no preparation or forethought
"his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"
"an extemporaneous piano recital"
- 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"
- adverb. without previous thought or preparation
"couldn't give the figures offhand"
"we decided offhand to go to Canada"
Synonyms
offhand, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, unrehearsed, offhandedly
Common word forms
offhand, offhandedly, offhandedness
Words from these letters
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