ADJECTIVE
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with little or no preparation or forethought
his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
offhand excuses
an extemporary lecture
an extempore skit
a few unrehearsed comments
trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
an off-the-cuff toast
an extemporaneous piano recital
an impromptu speech
How To Use off-the-cuff In A Sentence
- Then, an off-the-cuff remark by a bookshop owner who gruffly suggested she should write something of her own changed the course of her life.
- Be prepared. If you shrink from the full message, or if your unrehearsed, off-the-cuff remarks sound disrespectful, then you'll undermine your case.
- With his ramrod posture and off-the-cuff New York delivery, Dean did not meet that need.
- an off-the-cuff toast
- And the script sounded like a meandering collection of off-the-cuff observations. Times, Sunday Times
- He would start with off-the-cuff remarks and witticisms and gradually improvise a setting in which they could shine.
- I don't want to give an off-the-cuff definite answer.
- I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.
- A former White House chief of staff for President George H.W. Bush, Mr. Sununu described Mr. Gingrich as having a penchant for "self-aggrandizement" and "off-the-cuff thinking" that "is not what you want in a commander-in-chief. Tough Talk as Romney Takes Aim at Gingrich
- Coun Ward said the city did not need ministers coming in with off-the-cuff solutions to Bradford's problems during flying visits.
