off-the-cuff en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the prepositional phrase off the cuff.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu.
Even when people are trying to sell you something, their messages seem off-the-cuff, like trustworthy recommendations rather than sponsored shilling.
2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:He made a few off-the-cuff remarks before launching into his prepared speech.
Off-the-Cuff Obama Line Put U.S. in Bind on Syria [title]
2013 May 5, Peter Baker, Mark Landler, David E. Sanger, Anne Barnard, “Off-the-Cuff Obama Line Put U.S. in Bind on Syria”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Trump’s Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties [title]
2017 June 4, Peter Baker, “Trump’s Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Synonyms
impromptu · ad lib · extemporary · extempore · improvised · extemporal · off-the-cuff · gash · improviso · offhand · spur-of-the-moment · extemporaneous · extemporized
Translations (16)
fr improvisé (off-the-cuff) · fr spontané (off-the-cuff) · de Stegreif- (off-the-cuff) · pl spontaniczny (off-the-cuff) · de aus dem Hemdsärmel (off-the-cuff) · de aus dem Ärmel geschüttelt (off-the-cuff) · pl zaimprowizowany (off-the-cuff) · de aus dem Handgelenk (off-the-cuff) · es improvisado (off-the-cuff) · de aus dem Stegreif (off-the-cuff) · el αυθόρμητος (off-the-cuff) · fi lonkalta (off-the-cuff) · es espontáneo (off-the-cuff) · fi suoralta kädeltä (off-the-cuff) · de aus dem Stand (off-the-cuff) · de spontan (off-the-cuff)