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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

natural or informal, spontaneous and not prepared or rehearsed beforehand;

e.g. The journalists were not satisfied by her off-the-cuff responses to their questions.

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Similar Words

Ad-lib

And

Extemporaneous

Half-cocked

Horseback

Impromptu

Offhand

Reactive

Snap

Spur-of-the-moment

The

Unadvised

Unconsidered

Unplanned

Unpremeditated

Unprepared

Unrehearsed

Unscripted

Unstudied

Visceral

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Opposite Words

Deliberate

Intended

Intentional

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Related Words

Automatic

Casual

Cursive

Cursory

Drive-by

Flying

Gadarene

Half-baked

Half-cocked

Hasty

Headlong

Helter-skelter

Hurried

Ill-advised

Impulsive

Informal

Instinctive

Involuntary

Knee

Knee-jerk

Mechanic

Mechanical

Pell-mell

Pellmell

Precipitate

Precipitous

Rash

Spontaneous

Unauthorized

Unscripted

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