Thesaurus / off-the-cuff
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synonyms for off-the-cuff
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improvised
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
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How to use off-the-cuff in a sentence
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSA far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYYou never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYMr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRBesides the districts mentioned, tobacco is grown largely in that of Frankfort-on-the Oder.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEBut Bruno was unwilling to release his victim, and it took a hard cuff and a sharp command to make him let go.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNIn favorable parts of the trail he must do better than that, to off-set losses of time where the going was most difficult.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSNow, how comes it that you have turned up in this out-of-the-way part of the world?
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEWORDS RELATED TO OFF-THE-CUFF
- breezy
- colloquial
- congenial
- cool
- democratic
- down home
- easy
- easygoing
- everyday
- extempore
- familiar
- folksy
- frank
- free
- free-and-easy
- homey
- improv
- inconspicuous
- intimate
- laid back
- loose
- low-pressure
- mellow
- mixed
- motley
- natural
- off-the-cuff
- open
- ordinary
- relaxed
- spontaneous
- sporty
- straightforward
- throwaway
- unceremonious
- unconstrained
- unconventional
- unfussy
- unofficial
- unrestrained
- urbane
- without ceremony
- ad-lib
- author
- bear
- bring into being
- coin
- come up with
- come upon
- compose
- conceive
- contrive
- cook up
- design
- devise
- discover
- dream up
- envision
- execute
- fake
- fashion
- find
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- hatch
- imagine
- improve
- improvise
- inaugurate
- initiate
- jam
- knock off
- make
- make up
- mint
- off-the-cuff
- originate
- plan
- produce
- project
- toss off
- turn out
- wing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.