offhandadjective
uk/ˌɒfˈhænd/us/ˌɑːfˈhænd/UK informal also offishnot friendly, and showing little interest in other people in a way that seems slightly rude:
I didn't mean to be offhand with her - it's just that I was in such a hurry.
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Not being friendly
- (at) daggers drawn idiom
- abrasive
- aloof
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- estrange
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- mixer
- saturnine
- sour
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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offhandedly
adverb uk/ˌɒfˈhæn.dɪd.li/us/ˌɑːfˈhæn.dɪd.li/
offhandedness
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɒfˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/us/ˌɑːfˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/
offhandadverb
uk/ˌɒfˈhænd/us/ˌɑːfˈhænd/without looking for information and without thinking carefully; immediately:
I can't quote the exact statistics for you offhand, but they're there for you to see in the report.
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Immediately
- a stitch in time (saves nine) idiom
- ado
- at/in one fell swoop idiom
- bat
- cuff
- directly
- fell
- in a flash idiom
- instant
- instantaneous
- instantly
- no sooner said than done idiom
- pronto
- quickly
- soon
- spot
- straight
- then
- then and there idiom
- thereupon
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