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Definition of Off-the-cuff
1. Adjective. With little or no preparation or forethought. "A few unrehearsed comments"
Similar to: Unprepared
Definition of Off-the-cuff
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; impromptu. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Off-the-cuff
Literary usage of Off-the-cuff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"An impromptu speech is distinguished as a speech for which the speaker has made
no preparations—a genuinely spur-of-the-moment, off-the-cuff speech. ..."
2. Niles' Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty (1837)
"... and when about half way across, the men who hela the nv ji; were shot down by
his side—one of them held so fast t? by sleeve a^ to tear off' the cuff ei ..."
3. The American Pageant Revisited: Recollections of a Stanford Historian by Thomas A. Bailey (1982)
"When the group met they would not be talking off the cuff but had read purposefully,
with the object in view of coming to grips with the issues posed. ..."
4. A Very Public Offering: A Rebel's Story of Business Excess, Success, and by Stephan Paternot, Andrew Essex (2001)
"I had to try and explain, but it was of course extremely unbelievable that it
was an off-the-cuff joke before we started. I managed to convince him, ..."
5. The Marshall Plan Summer: An Eyewitness Report on Europe and the Russians in by Thomas Andrew Bailey (1977)
"Like many men who lecture widely or speak off-the-cuff freely, Laski was inclined
to be careless with the facts. ..."
6. Capital (1888)
"He is called in at the last minute to do some off the cuff sums. In the process
many companies pay dearly. Even to labour such victories prove pyrrhic as ..."
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