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off-hand

adjective

Meaning

  1. Without planning or thinking ahead.
  2. Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration.
  3. Curt, abrupt, unfriendly.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

ex tempore(English)back-handed(English)dryhanded(English)free-hand(English)cackhanded(English)onehanded(English)bare-handed(English)off-guard(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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