offhanded
معنی فارسی
بي مطالعه بي انديشه هول هلکي بي تکليف
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From 'off' (away) + 'hand' + '-ed' (past participle suffix).
مثال
- He made an offhanded comment about her cooking.
- She gave an offhanded response to his question.
- The offhanded manner in which he spoke offended some people.
تعریف انگلیسی
adverb
- 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”
- casually thoughtless or inconsiderate “an offhand manner” “she treated most men with offhand contempt”
- without previous thought or preparation “couldn't give the figures offhand” “we decided offhand to go to Canada” “she had made these remarks offhandedly” “Derived from adjective: offhanded (for: 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” “Derived from adjective: offhanded (for: offhandedly)”