Unemotional vs Offhand - What's the difference?
unemotional | offhand | Related terms |
Showing little or no feeling.
Reasoned and objective, involving reason or intellect rather than feelings.
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
Unemotional is a related term of offhand.
As adjectives the difference between unemotional and offhand
is that unemotional is showing little or no feeling while offhand is without planning or thinking ahead.As an adverb offhand is
right away, immediately, without thinking about it.unemotional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An unemotional person
Synonyms
* (showing little or no feeling) dispassionateAntonyms
* (showing little or no feeling) passionateoffhand
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.
