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off the cuff en · ADP

Etymology

Purported to be from the habit by after-dinner speakers of jotting a few notes on the cuff of the sleeve.

Meanings

  1. In an off-the-cuff manner.
    • Nor was there anything off the cuff about their insistence that Manuel Pellegrini was happy to make the name of his replacement public knowledge, echoing his sentiment that they were “not doing anything behind me” from a press conference earlier in the same day. 2016 February 2, Lee Roden, “Premier League: From Pellegrini to Pep - Why the Engineer made City the ideal destination for Guardiola”, in Yahoo Sport:
    • McCartney is a showman, not a script-reader. His banter Friday night was fresh, off the cuff. 2026 March 29, Matt Mitchell, “In LA, Paul McCartney is king”, in AV Club:

Deriveds

off-the-cuff

Relateds

on the cuff

Translations (7)

de aus dem Handgelenk (in an off-the-cuff manner) · es impromptu (in an off-the-cuff manner) · de aus dem Stand (in an off-the-cuff manner) · de ohne nachzudenken (in an off-the-cuff manner) · de aus dem Stegreif (in an off-the-cuff manner) · pl z marszu (in an off-the-cuff manner) · pl z miejsca (in an off-the-cuff manner)