off-handedadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌɒfˈhandᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈɔfˈhæn(d)əd/,

/ˈɑfˈhæn(d)əd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, handed adj., offhand adj.

Etymology: < off- prefix + handed adj., as alteration of offhand adj.

1. Unpremeditated, impromptu; (also) casual, nonchalant, unceremonious, or curt in style or manner; = offhand adj. Also occasionally as adv. (see quot. 1840).The earliest examples are U.S. and Irish English: cf. also quot. 1823 for off-handedness n. at Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned > not planning

undesigning1673

offhand1708

off-handed1750

undeliberatinga1763

impulsive1847

seat-of-the-pants1935

the mind > emotion > indifference > [adverb]

indifferently1574

perfunctorily1581

perfunctoriously1609

unconcernedly1636

disaffectedly1646

inconcernedly1695

gaily1810

nonchalantly1836

off-handed1840

uncovetingly1862

uncaringly1868

insouciantly1880

uninterestedly1891

disinterestedly1941

1750 J. Barnard Janua Coelestis 376 They seek it only in a very careless, off-handed Manner, and are not Earnest in what they do.

1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee vii, in Tales Fashionable Life II. 63 Off-handed as she pretended to be, none dealt more in the impromptu fait à loisir.

1835 T. Moore Diary 15 Aug. in Mem. (1856) VII. 103 Found Babbage very off-handed and agreeable.

1840 R. H. Barham Hand of Glory in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 44 Nor, I'll venture to say, without scrutiny cou'd he Pronounce her, off-handed, a Punch or a Judy.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 182 He's an off-handed chap.

1904 Sunday Herald (Boston) 29 June 8/5 The old families are perhaps not as off-handed, as liberal as the others, but they are kinder and better.

1957 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 31 48 One real advantage of a formal organization to handle contributions..is to restrict the big boss from making commitments in an open-handed and off-handed way to people who approach him personally.

2000 Observer 18 June (Review section) 10/6 Wolfgang Tillman's photographs are just as null as he wants them to be: off-handed shots of club scenes.

2. Mining. = offhand adj. 4. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [adjective] > types of

streaming1778

off-handed1846

offhand1849

hard rock1890

1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) II. 59 All workmen about a coal-pit are said to be off-handed who are not engaged in the business of hewing and putting the coal.

1894 Econ. Jrnl. 4 500 Mr. Jeans might well have told us what is meant when he speaks of ‘off-handed,’ and of ‘on-cost men,’.

1906 Daily Chron. 16 Oct. 5/2 The ‘off-handed’ men..dispersed into the four seams of the pit.

Derivatives

ˌoff-ˈhandedly adv. in an off-handed manner, in a free and easy style, without ceremony, casually.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner

suddenly1340

of unwarninga1400

on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469

casuallya1549

extemporea1556

of (upon) this sudden1572

extemporally1577

at (the or a) volley1578

on (or o') the volley1578

extrumpery1582

unpremeditately1607

extemporary1610

extempory1623

extemporarily1667

impromptu1669

ad aperturam libri1679

unpremeditatedly1694

impulsively1768

extemporaneously1791

promiscuously1791

spontaneously1799

on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801

spontaneous1810

promiscuous1826

improvisedly1851

off-handedly1876

at the first jet1878

off the cuff1927

off the top of one's head1939

off the wall1966

1876 Galaxy May 688/2 I make words, trying to laugh off-handedly, though somehow not succeeding over well.

1905 G. B. Shaw Let. 3 Jan. (1972) II. 485 At my third meeting I was asked to take the chair. I consented as offhandedly as if I were the Speaker of the House of Commons.

1992 Matrix Summer 24/2 Clark's catching up with some old friends, she explains off-handedly.

ˌoff-ˈhandedness n. the quality or fact of being off-handed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > curtness or brusqueness

abruptness1591

snappishness1598

bluntness1608

cuttedness1622

briskness1668

bluntishness1691

snappinga1734

brusquerie1752

off-handedness1823

brusqueness1859

bluffness1863

curtness1882

1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 364 There is in them..an open off-handedness (to use a significant Irishism).

1943 Public Opinion Q. 7 105 He doen't like what seems to him half a dozen affectations: off-handedness in the face of comrades' deaths, extreme reserve in all matters of emotion, etcetera.

1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy xiii. 193 He was surprised at the off-handedness of her mothering.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	off-handed
释义	off-handedadj.adv. Brit. /ˌɒfˈhandᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɔfˈhæn(d)əd/, /ˈɑfˈhæn(d)əd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, handed adj., offhand adj. Etymology: < off- prefix + handed adj., as alteration of offhand adj. 1. Unpremeditated, impromptu; (also) casual, nonchalant, unceremonious, or curt in style or manner; = offhand adj. Also occasionally as adv. (see quot. 1840).The earliest examples are U.S. and Irish English: cf. also quot. 1823 for off-handedness n. at Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned > not planning undesigning1673 offhand1708 off-handed1750 undeliberatinga1763 impulsive1847 seat-of-the-pants1935 the mind > emotion > indifference > [adverb] indifferently1574 perfunctorily1581 perfunctoriously1609 unconcernedly1636 disaffectedly1646 inconcernedly1695 gaily1810 nonchalantly1836 off-handed1840 uncovetingly1862 uncaringly1868 insouciantly1880 uninterestedly1891 disinterestedly1941 1750 J. Barnard Janua Coelestis 376 They seek it only in a very careless, off-handed Manner, and are not Earnest in what they do. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee vii, in Tales Fashionable Life II. 63 Off-handed as she pretended to be, none dealt more in the impromptu fait à loisir. 1835 T. Moore Diary 15 Aug. in Mem. (1856) VII. 103 Found Babbage very off-handed and agreeable. 1840 R. H. Barham Hand of Glory in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 44 Nor, I'll venture to say, without scrutiny cou'd he Pronounce her, off-handed, a Punch or a Judy. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 182 He's an off-handed chap. 1904 Sunday Herald (Boston) 29 June 8/5 The old families are perhaps not as off-handed, as liberal as the others, but they are kinder and better. 1957 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 31 48 One real advantage of a formal organization to handle contributions..is to restrict the big boss from making commitments in an open-handed and off-handed way to people who approach him personally. 2000 Observer 18 June (Review section) 10/6 Wolfgang Tillman's photographs are just as null as he wants them to be: off-handed shots of club scenes. 2. Mining. = offhand adj. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [adjective] > types of streaming1778 off-handed1846 offhand1849 hard rock1890 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) II. 59 All workmen about a coal-pit are said to be off-handed who are not engaged in the business of hewing and putting the coal. 1894 Econ. Jrnl. 4 500 Mr. Jeans might well have told us what is meant when he speaks of ‘off-handed,’ and of ‘on-cost men,’. 1906 Daily Chron. 16 Oct. 5/2 The ‘off-handed’ men..dispersed into the four seams of the pit. Derivatives ˌoff-ˈhandedly adv. in an off-handed manner, in a free and easy style, without ceremony, casually. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner suddenly1340 of unwarninga1400 on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469 casuallya1549 extemporea1556 of (upon) this sudden1572 extemporally1577 at (the or a) volley1578 on (or o') the volley1578 extrumpery1582 unpremeditately1607 extemporary1610 extempory1623 extemporarily1667 impromptu1669 ad aperturam libri1679 unpremeditatedly1694 impulsively1768 extemporaneously1791 promiscuously1791 spontaneously1799 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 spontaneous1810 promiscuous1826 improvisedly1851 off-handedly1876 at the first jet1878 off the cuff1927 off the top of one's head1939 off the wall1966 1876 Galaxy May 688/2 I make words, trying to laugh off-handedly, though somehow not succeeding over well. 1905 G. B. Shaw Let. 3 Jan. (1972) II. 485 At my third meeting I was asked to take the chair. I consented as offhandedly as if I were the Speaker of the House of Commons. 1992 Matrix Summer 24/2 Clark's catching up with some old friends, she explains off-handedly. ˌoff-ˈhandedness n. the quality or fact of being off-handed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > curtness or brusqueness abruptness1591 snappishness1598 bluntness1608 cuttedness1622 briskness1668 bluntishness1691 snappinga1734 brusquerie1752 off-handedness1823 brusqueness1859 bluffness1863 curtness1882 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 364 There is in them..an open off-handedness (to use a significant Irishism). 1943 Public Opinion Q. 7 105 He doen't like what seems to him half a dozen affectations: off-handedness in the face of comrades' deaths, extreme reserve in all matters of emotion, etcetera. 1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy xiii. 193 He was surprised at the off-handedness of her mothering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1750
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