off-the-cuff
adjective
: not prepared in advance : spontaneous, informal
off-the-cuff remarks
off-the-cuff
adverb
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Examples of off-the-cuff in a Sentence
having gotten into hot water with some unfortunate off-the-cuff remarks, the candidate now limits himself to his carefully prepared campaign speech
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His TikTok videos have an off-the-cuff air that leave fans feeling like they’ve been let in on private posts meant only for his inner circle.
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Provide an off-the-cuff semblance as though the remark is nothing other than a plain vanilla construction.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Ahead of Election Day coming up on Tuesday Nov. 5, the hip-hop hitmaker delivered a fiery speech that lasted nearly 10 minutes, complete with stinging soundbites and her signature, seemingly off-the-cuff swagger at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb outside Milwaukee.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Lauper’s setlist doesn’t shortchange on the hits, but half of the fun of the show is her off-the-cuff banter, delivered in that indelible, no B.S. Brooklyn fashion.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Provide an off-the-cuff semblance as though the remark is nothing other than a plain vanilla construction.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Ahead of Election Day coming up on Tuesday Nov. 5, the hip-hop hitmaker delivered a fiery speech that lasted nearly 10 minutes, complete with stinging soundbites and her signature, seemingly off-the-cuff swagger at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb outside Milwaukee.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Lauper’s setlist doesn’t shortchange on the hits, but half of the fun of the show is her off-the-cuff banter, delivered in that indelible, no B.S. Brooklyn fashion.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Off-the-cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-the-cuff. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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