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Offhand vs Inexact - What's the difference?

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Offhand is a related term of inexact.


As adjectives the difference between offhand and inexact

is that offhand is without planning or thinking ahead while inexact is imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.

As an adverb offhand

is right away, immediately, without thinking about it.

offhand

English

Alternative forms

* off-hand

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • without planning or thinking ahead
    • She gave an offhand speech.
  • careless; without sufficient thought or consideration
    • He doesn't realise how hurtful his offhand remarks can be.
  • curt, abrupt, unfriendly
    • She was quite offhand with me yesterday.

    Synonyms

    * (without planning) impromptu, extemporaneous, off-the-cuff; see also

    See also

    * off the top of one's head

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • 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

    • Anagrams

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    inexact

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
  • Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
  • (physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral

    • Synonyms

    * (imperfectly conforming) imperfect, imprecise * (imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated) loose

    Antonyms

    * (precisely agreeing) exact, perfect, precise * (precisely or definitely conceived or stated) exact, strict * (having a path-dependent integral) exact