adjective, adverb
adjective (disapproving) not showing much interest in sb/sth:
an offhand manner / voice * He was very offhand with me. * She seemed offhand about the danger involved.
offhandedly adverb:
He spoke offhandedly, making it clear I had no say in the matter.
adverb without being able to check sth or think about it:
I don't know offhand how much we made last year.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for offhand is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does offhand appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — offhand appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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