offhand

adjective · adverbB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more offhandmost offhand

Superlative

off-hand

1.
Without planning or thinking ahead.
She gave an offhand speech.
2.
Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration.
He doesn't realise how hurtful his offhand remarks can be.
3.
Curt, abrupt, unfriendly.
She was quite offhand with me yesterday.

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

more offhandmost offhand

Superlative

off-hand

1.
Right away, immediately, without thinking about it.
Offhand, I'd guess that that's a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Đồng nghĩa: out of hand
2.
In an abrupt or unfriendly manner.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

out of handextemporaneousimpromptuoff-the-cuffout of hand#Adverb

Cùng gốc / liên quan

off the top of one's head

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English *ofhande, *ofhende, from Old English ofhende (absent, lost), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz. Equivalent to (and re-formed as) off- + hand. Cognate with afhendur. Compare onhand.