different between offhand vs neglectful
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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neglectful
English
Alternative forms
- neglectfull (archaic)
Etymology
From neglect +? -ful.
Adjective
neglectful (comparative more neglectful, superlative most neglectful)
- Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
- 1891, Rudyard Kipling, "The Finest Story in the World":
- The Fates that are so careful to shut the doors of each successive life behind us had, in this case, been neglectful, and Charlie was looking, though that he did not know, where never man had been permitted to look with full knowledge since Time began.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 243a-b,
- That they were too neglectful of ordinary people like us and overlooked us.
- 1891, Rudyard Kipling, "The Finest Story in the World":
Derived terms
- neglectfully
- neglectfulness
Translations
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