Offhand meaning in English

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Definition

(to have a piece of information) offhand: (to have a piece of information) without preparation, from memory, instantly, at the present moment idiom

Examples

  • "Well I don't have that information offhand."
Exercise 1
"I don't have that information offhand".

This could be rephrased as:
"I don't have that information offhand".

This could be rephrased as:
This is not the best choice here.
When used as an adverb, "offhand" means without previous thought or preparation. For example: "My accountant couldn't tell me exactly how much tax I would pay offhand (but he said it would be a lot!)" or "we decided offhand to go to Canada". Hannah says "I don't have that information offhand" to indicate that she can't give information about page views per month without preparing (or researching) it first. A "page view" is a single viewing of a World Wide Web page.
This is not the best choice here.
This is not the best choice here.

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