offhand
off
ˈɑf
aaf
hand
hÃĻnd
hānd
/ˈɒfhÃĻnd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "offhand"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ…āĻŦāĻšā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇

In a dismissive or indifferent manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She responded offhand to his invitation, barely looking up from her phone.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽāχ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

without any preparation or prior thought
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The proposal was drafted offhand and lacked critical information.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ–āϏāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϤāĻĨā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ, āĻ…āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•

casually thoughtless, inconsiderate, or lacking concern for others' feelings
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She dismissed the idea with an offhand comment.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻšā§‡āϞāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻŋāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤāσāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ

done or spoken with little or no preparation or forethought
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her offhand speech surprised everyone with its clarity.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ