different between offhand vs inexact
offhand
English
Alternative forms
- off-hand
Etymology
From Middle English *ofhande, *ofhende, from Old English ofhende (“absent, lost”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz. Equivalent to off- +? hand. Cognate with Icelandic afhendur. Compare onhand.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??f?hænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Adjective
offhand (comparative more offhand, superlative most offhand)
- Without planning or thinking ahead.
- Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration.
- Curt, abrupt, unfriendly.
Synonyms
- (without planning): impromptu, extemporaneous, off-the-cuff; see also Thesaurus:impromptu
Translations
See also
- off the top of one's head
Adverb
offhand (comparative more offhand, superlative most offhand)
- 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 (adjective) manner.
Anagrams
- hand off, hand-off, handoff
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inexact
English
Etymology
From French inexact
Adjective
inexact (comparative more inexact, superlative most inexact)
- Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
- Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.
- (physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral
Synonyms
- (imperfectly conforming): imperfect, imprecise
- (imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated): loose
Antonyms
- (precisely agreeing): exact, perfect, precise
- (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): exact, strict
- (having a path-dependent integral): exact
Translations
Anagrams
- Texican
French
Etymology
in- +? exact
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.n??.zakt/
Adjective
inexact (feminine singular inexacte, masculine plural inexacts, feminine plural inexactes)
- inexact (not exact)
Antonyms
- exact
Further reading
- “inexact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French inexact.
Adjective
inexact m or n (feminine singular inexact?, masculine plural inexac?i, feminine and neuter plural inexacte)
- inaccurate
Declension
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