off-the-cuff

adjective

with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.

Origin:
1940–45

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off-the-cuff
adjective
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" [syn: ad-lib]

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Off-the-cuff is always a great word to know.

So is quincunx. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Example sentences

They say that he made an off-the-cuff remark eight months ago.

It was a lot of fun answering people's questions off-the-cuff.

It was an off-the-cuff remark that made a whole lot of sense.

It's about first-rate, off-the-cuff ensemble acting.

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