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Adverbs (6)
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offhand, offhanded, offhandedly
adv. in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"
offhand, offhanded, offhandedly
adv. without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"
Adjectives (11)
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offhand, offhanded
adj. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed
adj. 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"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"
Fuzzynyms (5)
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causeless, fortuitous, uncaused
adj. having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
haphazard, hit-or-miss
adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
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casual, chance(a)
adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
ad hoc
adj. often improvised or impromptu; "an ad hoc committee meeting"
unstudied, uncontrived
adj. not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm"
unexpected
adj. not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"
flat-footed
adj. unprepared and unable to react quickly; "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed"
spur-of-the-moment
adj. in response to an unforeseen need; "a spur-of-the-moment party"
Antonyms (1)
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planned
adj. designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"
offhand
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