Offhand vs Immediate - What's the difference?
offhand | immediate |
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
Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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* Shakespeare
Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
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As adjectives the difference between offhand and immediate
is that offhand is without planning or thinking ahead while immediate is ; immediate (without delay).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.
Synonyms
* (without planning) impromptu, extemporaneous, off-the-cuff; see alsoSee also
* off the top of one's headAdverb
(en adverb)Anagrams
*immediate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Assemble we immediate council.
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- You are the most immediate to our throne.