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Offhand vs Sloppy - What's the difference?

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Offhand is a related term of sloppy.


As adjectives the difference between offhand and sloppy

is that offhand is without planning or thinking ahead while sloppy is very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

As an adverb offhand

is right away, immediately, without thinking about it.

offhand

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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

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    sloppy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
    • The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
  • Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
    • The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
  • Imprecise or loose.
    • A sloppy''' measurement''; ''a '''sloppy fit!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * sloppiness

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