Light and Offhand

Light

Light adjective - Having little weight.

Offhand and light are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offhand" instead an adjective "Light".

Offhand

Offhand adjective - Made or done without previous thought or preparation.

Light and offhand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Light" instead an adjective "Offhand".

Nearby Words: offhandedly, offhanded

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Scary Shiny Glasses In Timothy Zahn's book The Icarus Hunt, it's mentioned offhand that the main character's boss only wears glasses so he can use them to reflect light in the eyes of whoever he's talking to.
  • Guns Akimbo Kang the Conqueror uses a dual minigun that's light enough to fire with one hand, preventing the need to dual wield, but he sometimes holds an additional gun in his offhand, because he can.
    Source: Guns Akimbo
  • The Milky Way Is the Only Way: One book mentions offhand that the current faster-than-light drive is fast enough to reach the Andromeda Galaxy in about a year.
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