1. (adj)ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed 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"
2. (adj)offhand, offhanded casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
"an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
3. (adverb)off-hand, ex tempore without preparation "I don't know the figures off-hand"
4. (adverb)offhand, offhanded, offhandedly without previous thought or preparation "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"
5. (adverb)offhand, offhanded, offhandedly in a casually inconsiderate manner "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"
Definition of 'off-hand'
