- Types Of Speech
- You can use offhanded as a adjective satellite or as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Offhanded
- A 3 syllables adjective satellite and 9 letters with the letters a, d, e, f, h, n, and o, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter a. Offhanded starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters o, of, off, offh, offha, and the ending characters are d, ed, ded, nded, anded, . Offhanded is also a double consonant (ff) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, offhanded has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are off, and handed.
- Pig Latin
- Offhanded in Pig Latin is said as "offhandeday or offhandedway".
- Unigram
- o | f | f | h | a | n | d | e | d
- Bigram
- of | ff | fh | ha | an | nd | de | ed
- Trigram
- off | ffh | fha | han | and | nde | ded
- Quadrigram
- offh | ffha | fhan | hand | ande | nded
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- casually thoughtless or inconsiderate;
"an offhand manner";
"she treated most men with offhand contempt" - 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
- Adverb Examples
- in a casually inconsiderate manner;
"replied offhand, his mind a million miles away";
"she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" - without previous thought or preparation;
"couldn't give the figures offhand";
"we decided offhand to go to Canada";
"she had made these remarks offhandedly"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrupt | surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner "an abrupt reply" |
| Absently | in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner "he read the letter absently" |
| Absentmindedly | in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner "he read the letter absently" |
| Abstractedly | in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner "he read the letter absently" |
| Ad Lib | |
| Ad Lib | |
| Ad Libitum | |
| Aerial | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer |
| Aeriform | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality as impalpable or intangible as air "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
| Aery | any habitation at a high altitude |
View all cognitive synonyms for Offhanded
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Offhanded | casually thoughtless or inconsiderate "an offhand manner" "she treated most men with offhand contempt" |
View English words with the unique letters used in offhanded. Words With The Letters Adefhno
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Careless | effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace" |
Offhanded Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters

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