off-the-cuff



off-the-cuff

Fig. spontaneous; without preparation or rehearsal. Her remarks were off-the-cuff, but very sensible. I'm not very good at making speeches off-the-cuff.

off-the-cuff

an off-the-cuff remark is one that is not planned (always before noun) He made several off-the-cuff remarks which he later denied.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fumnanya-Western African, Igbo
Sarita (2)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Francescu-Corsican
MandyMAN-deeEnglish
Sperantia-Late Roman
LjubicaLYOO-bee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene