He made a splendid off-the-cuff speech.
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Off-the-cuff
Synonyms for "off-the-cuff" (23 found)
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14 translations across 5 languages.
French
2 entries- improvisé adj (off-the-cuff)
- spontané adj (off-the-cuff)
German
4 entries- Stegreif adj (off-the-cuff)
- aus dem Handgelenk adj (off-the-cuff)
- aus dem Hemdsärmel adj (off-the-cuff)
- aus dem Stand adj (off-the-cuff)
Greek
1 entries- αυθόρμητος adj (off-the-cuff)
Polish
2 entries- spontaniczny adj (off-the-cuff)
- zaimprowizowany adj (off-the-cuff)
Spanish
2 entries- espontáneo adj (off-the-cuff)
- improvisado adj (off-the-cuff)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The president's off-the-cuff remarks have gotten him into hot water.
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Even his everyday speech was an off-the-cuff, tangential, disjointed narrative.
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Did you make your speech off-the-cuff?
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