offhandedness

Variant of offhand

offhand definition

off·hand (ôf′hand′, -hand′)

adverb

without prior preparation or study; at once; extemporaneously

adjective

  1. said or done offhand; extemporaneous; unpremeditated
  2. casual, curt, informal, brusque, etc.
Also offhanded off′·hand′ed

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