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Synonyms for off the cuff
off the cuff
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Princeton's WordNet
ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsedadverb
with little or no preparation or forethought
"his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"
Synonyms:
unwritten, unrehearsed, ad-lib, off-the-cuff, extemporaneous, extempore, offhand, spontaneous, extemporary, impromptu, offhandedAntonyms:
preparedoff the cuffadverb
without preparation
"the presidential candidate made a remark off the cuff"
Antonyms:
prepared
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#13632 | spontaneous | |
#35079 | unwritten | |
#37257 | impromptu | |
#74451 | offhand | |
#128118 | extemporaneous | |
#212713 | unrehearsed | |
#263939 | extempore |
How to use off the cuff in a sentence?
Women are going to choose the next president, they care very much about all kinds of issues. National security is a main issue, soccer moms of yesterday are security moms of today, i know he's made some off-the-cuff comments. I certainly don't condone them, but I know the sense of un-comfortability as a Republican, I think, we need to concentrate on things we agree with, we need to come together in a unified party.
That was just not something off the cuff, i mean for someone with Sgt. Morgan’s experience in combat to say that he thought [Capt.] Davis should receive a Medal of Honor – that struck me as very profound.
They game everything out. They don't do things off the cuff for the most part, if they're going to do something very provocative, they have an extensive decision tree laying out many options.
I do think that's a premature comment, off-the-cuff, and everybody listens to the commander-in-chief.
This is not something that should be done off-the-cuff by the President of the United States just looking for a cheap shot at his predecessor.
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