Offhand vs Apathetic - What's the difference?
offhand | apathetic | Related terms |
without planning or thinking ahead
careless; without sufficient thought or consideration
curt, abrupt, unfriendly
right away, immediately, without thinking about it
* Offhand , I'd guess that that's a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
* 1854:' William Makepeace Thackeray, ''The Rose and the Ring'' - We will have no more of this shilly-shallying! Call the Archbishop, and let the Prince and Princess be married ' offhand !
in an offhand manner
Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
Offhand is a related term of apathetic.
As adjectives the difference between offhand and apathetic
is that offhand is without planning or thinking ahead while apathetic is void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.As an adverb offhand
is right away, immediately, without thinking about it.offhand
English
Alternative forms
* off-handAdjective
(en adjective)- She gave an offhand speech.
- He doesn't realise how hurtful his offhand remarks can be.
- She was quite offhand with me yesterday.