Offhand vs Superficial - What's the difference?
offhand | superficial | 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
Shallow, lacking substance.
At face value.
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Of or pertaining to the surface.
Being near the surface.
(rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
(chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
As adjectives the difference between offhand and superficial
is that offhand is without planning or thinking ahead while superficial is shallow, lacking substance.As an adverb offhand
is right away, immediately, without thinking about it.As a noun superficial is
a surface detail.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
*superficial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to the surface) surficialAntonyms
* in-depth * thorough * (lacking substance) substantiveNoun
(en noun)- He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.