Offhand in a sentence as an adjective

So he comes back and talks to us for a while, then mentions offhand "So I need to go take photos with a reporter for the Globe.

I don't have the number offhand, but I do know that there is no "Silicon Valley equivalent" for bricklayers.

The offhand dismissal of Raymond Chen as an "incompetent programmer" captures the hacker news zeitgeist.

Offhand in a sentence as an adverb

Callback parameters: I can't think of any callbacks in the stdlib offhand, but the ones that do exist are methods you implement, and all the ones I can think of are documented7.

I don't recall offhand, but for a 7-day cruise the "automatic" gratuity is, I believe, around $100 or so per person, so take that into consideration.

Offhand definitions

adjective

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"

See also: ad-lib extemporaneous extemporary extempore impromptu offhanded off-the-cuff unrehearsed

adjective

casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"

See also: offhanded

adverb

without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"

See also: offhanded offhandedly

adverb

in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"

See also: offhanded offhandedly