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Offhand vs Lackadaisical - What's the difference?

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Offhand is a related term of lackadaisical.


As adjectives the difference between offhand and lackadaisical

is that offhand is without planning or thinking ahead while lackadaisical is showing no interest or enthusiasm.

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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    lackadaisical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing no interest or enthusiasm.
  • * 2010 ,
    • I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.
    the lackadaisical look on his face

    Synonyms

    * (showing no interest or enthusiasm) languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested * See also

    Derived terms

    * lackadaisically * lackadaisicalness

    Related terms

    * lackaday * lax