See offhand on Wiktionary
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"sense": "careless",
"word": "небрежен"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "careless",
"word": "négligent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careless",
"word": "unvorsichtig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careless",
"word": "nachlässig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careless",
"word": "unüberlegt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careless",
"word": "unbesonnen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neostoróžnyj",
"sense": "careless",
"word": "неосторо́жный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "careless",
"word": "descuidado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "careless",
"word": "insensato"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezceremonen",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "безцеремонен"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "unfreundlich"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "bezceremonialny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rézkij",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "ре́зкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grúbyj",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "гру́бый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedruželjúbnyj",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "недружелю́бный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "fionnar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "frío"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "curt, unfriendly",
"word": "displicente"
}
],
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}
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"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations"
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"form": "more offhand",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most offhand",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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"text": "Offhand, I'd guess that that's a yellow-bellied sapsucker.",
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"ref": "1854, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Rose and the Ring:",
"text": "We will have no more of this shilly-shallying! Call the Archbishop, and let the Prince and Princess be married offhand!",
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{
"word": "out of hand#Adverb"
}
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"In an abrupt or unfriendly manner."
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"word": "off-hand"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without thinking about it",
"word": "spontanément"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without thinking about it",
"word": "schluderig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without thinking about it",
"word": "unüberlegt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without thinking about it",
"word": "spontan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without thinking about it",
"word": "unbesonnen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "without thinking about it",
"word": "espontáneamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "without thinking about it",
"word": "a vuelapluma"
}
],
"word": "offhand"
}
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