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  • 31off·hand·ed — ↑offhand …

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  • 32Ручная шлифовка — Offhand grinding Ручная шлифовка. Шлифовка, при которой оператор вручную прижимает диск к заготовке или наоборот. Это часто подразумевает случайное манипулирование шлифовальным кругом или деталью для достижения желательного результата. Размеры и… …

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  • 33offhanded — I adjective 1. 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 …

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  • 34extemporaneous — extemporaneous, extempore, extemporary, improvised, impromptu, offhand, unpremeditated mean composed, concocted, devised, or done at the moment rather than beforehand. Extemporaneous, extempore, and extemporary in their more general applications… …

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  • 35off|hand — «adverb. AWF HAND, OF ; adjective. AWF HAND, OF », adverb, adjective. –adv. without previous thought or preparation; at once: »The carpenter could not tell offhand how much the work would cost. That question is too important to answer offhand.… …

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  • 36offhandedly — adverb 1. without previous thought or preparation couldn t give the figures offhand we decided offhand to go to Canada she had made these remarks offhandedly • Syn: ↑offhand, ↑offhanded • Derived from adjective: ↑ …

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  • 37extemporaneous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unpremeditated, spontaneous, extempore, improvised, impromptu, offhand, unprepared. See impulse, unpreparedness. Ant., planned, rehearsed. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. spontaneous, unpremeditated,… …

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  • 38offhanded — adj. 1. same as {offhand} and {off the cuff}. Syn: ad lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, offhand, off the cuff, unpremeditated, unrehearsed. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Without, or seeming to be without, plan or method; casual. Syn: casual,… …

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  • 40careless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. carefree, nonchalant; casual, offhand; negligent, slack, slovenly; reckless, rash, indiscreet. See indifference, neglect, inattention, rashness.Ant., careful, attentive. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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