Offhand
Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.
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Offhand Quotations
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.
James Thurber
The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.
Thomas Hardy
We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care.
Tim Bishop
It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand.
Jason Mewes
I'm just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.
Bob Seger
I do really crazy things all the time, but I can't think of anything offhand.
Casper Van Dien
Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes.
Alden Nowlan
Offhand Translations
offhand in German is aus dem Handgelenk
offhand in Spanish is de improviso
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