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But he had his own defenses, a great off-hand resilience and a deadpan humor, and he survived.
Stone and Chavez exchange off-hand recollections of their time as soldiers; this is fine, both men have earned that right.
Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
All I can say is, that I wish he was well, and could have us up and flog us all round, and so settle the matter off-hand.
At a gathering of the second class, everybody knows everybody else, or gets acquainted off-hand, with or without an introduction.
He has informed us, Sir, that his speech on that occasion was sudden and off-hand, he being called up by the request of a friend.
In the course of time Mr Jollyboy made Martin his head clerk; and then, becoming impatient, he made him his partner off-hand.
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On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to offhand, such as: casual, curt, easygoing, folksy, glib, and perfunctory.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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