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to be offhand with sb

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  • offhand — off|hand1 [ˌɔfˈhænd US ˌo:f ] adj 1.) BrE not very friendly towards someone when you are talking to them ▪ She said you were a bit offhand with her this afternoon. ▪ an offhand tone of voice 2.) said or done without thinking or planning ▪ an… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • offhand — 1 adjective not giving people much time or attention, when you are talking to them: She said you were a bit offhand with her this afternoon. offhandedly adverb offhandedness noun (U) 2 adverb immediately, without time to think about it or find… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • offhand — adj. Offhand is used with these nouns: ↑comment, ↑dismissal, ↑manner, ↑remark …   Collocations dictionary

  • offhand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. casually, impromptu, extemporaneously; abruptly, carelessly. adj. casual, abrupt, extemporaneous, careless; unpremeditated, unplanned, impromptu. See unpreparedness.Ant., thought out, considered. II …   English dictionary for students

  • Gone with the Wind (film) — Infobox Film name = Gone With The Wind image size = 215px caption = original release poster director = Victor Fleming Uncredited: George Cukor Sam Wood producer = David O. Selznick writer = Screenplay: Sidney Howard Novel: Margaret Mitchell… …   Wikipedia

  • trifle with — Synonyms and related words: bat out, be disrespectful, be overfamiliar with, botch, bungle, dash off, disesteem, disparage, disrespect, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand, fake up, fudge up, jury rig, knock off, knock out, knock… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Elizabeth Jolley — Infobox Person name = Elizabeth Jolley image size = caption = Professor Elizabeth Jolley birth date = 4 June 1923 birth place = Birmingham, England death date = 13 February 2007 death place = Perth, Western Australia education = occupation =… …   Wikipedia

  • offhanded — I adjective 1. with little or no preparation or forethought his ad lib comments showed poor judgment an extemporaneous piano recital an extemporary lecture an extempore skit an impromptu speech offhand excuses …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mexican–American War — Mexican–American War …   Wikipedia

  • extemporaneous — extemporaneous, extempore, extemporary, improvised, impromptu, offhand, unpremeditated mean composed, concocted, devised, or done at the moment rather than beforehand. Extemporaneous, extempore, and extemporary in their more general applications… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • off|hand — «adverb. AWF HAND, OF ; adjective. AWF HAND, OF », adverb, adjective. –adv. without previous thought or preparation; at once: »The carpenter could not tell offhand how much the work would cost. That question is too important to answer offhand.… …   Useful english dictionary

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