Synonyms for off-the-cuff
off-the-cuff

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1. 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, extemporaneous, extempore, offhand, spontaneous, extemporary, impromptu, offhanded

   Antonyms:
   prepared

2. off the cuffadverb

   without preparation

   "the presidential candidate made a remark off the cuff"

   Synonyms:
   off the cuff

   Antonyms:
   prepared

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1. List of paraphrases for "off-the-cuff":

   improvised, impromptu, spontaneous

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1. Paris Davis:

   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.

2. Douglas London:

   Donald Trump was a difficult president to support in terms of trying to give Donald Trump the information Donald Trump needed while still protecting the way we collected it so that Donald Trump wouldn't accidentally or otherwise speak off-the-cuff and mention something that an adversary could use to track down where we had an agent.

3. Michael McCaul:

   I do think that's a premature comment, off-the-cuff, and everybody listens to the commander-in-chief.

4. Philip Yun:

   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.

5. Maggie Haberman:

   I think the feeling is, if he goes out and talk more, he is simply going to add fuel to the fire, that's part of why we are not hearing him, as people are afraid of what he will say -- people meaning his advisers -- what he will say off the cuff in an interview.