Offhand vs Insouciant - What's the difference?
offhand | insouciant | 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
Carefree, nonchalant, indifferent; casually unconcerned.
* 1903 , , "Cadiz" in The Land of The Blessed Virgin :
* 1913 , , The Golden Road , ch. 3:
* 2004 April 26, , "
Offhand is a related term of insouciant.
As adjectives the difference between offhand and insouciant
is that offhand is without planning or thinking ahead while insouciant is carefree, nonchalant, indifferent; casually unconcerned.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
*insouciant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It was there that on Sunday I had seen the populace disport itself, and it was full of life then, gay and insouciant .
- How I envied Peter his easy, insouciant manner!
Sean Penn: Necessary Actor," Time :
- Jack Nicholson . . . turned to an assistant, bummed a cigarette, flashed one of his wolfish, insouciant grins and said, "We all have our little secrets, Seany."