different between offhand vs lethargic

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)

1. Without planning or thinking ahead.

2. Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration.

3. 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)

1. 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!

2. In an offhand (adjective) manner.

Anagrams

• hand off, hand-off, handoff

English

Alternative forms

• lethargick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (l?thargikós), from ???????? (l?thargos, “forgetful, lethargic”), from ???? (l?th?, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (from which Lethe (“river in Hades”)) + ????? (argós, “not working”)

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /l?????d??k/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /l?????d??k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l?????.d??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??k

Adjective

lethargic (comparative more lethargic, superlative most lethargic)

1. sluggish, slow
2. indifferent, apathetic

Synonyms

• torpid
• lazy
• unmoving

Related terms

• alethic, alethiology, philalethia
• lethargy
• Lethe

Translations