off-the-cuff
adjective
: not prepared in advance : spontaneous, informal
off-the-cuff remarks
off-the-cuff
adverb
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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During his first administration, Trump regularly called Fox News hosts live on air to have impromptu, off-the-cuff interviews.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel to the cardinals who elected him to follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who put a commitment to social justice at the core of his papacy.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Live videos, spontaneous interviews and off-the-cuff Q&As often resonate more than polished scripts.
—Brian Cattell, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Sometimes pep talks are informal and unplanned, while on other occasions they are carefully plotted and rehearsed, though the delivery of the pep talk is usually supposed to seem entirely off-the-cuff and directly from the heart.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel to the cardinals who elected him to follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who put a commitment to social justice at the core of his papacy.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Live videos, spontaneous interviews and off-the-cuff Q&As often resonate more than polished scripts.
—Brian Cattell, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Sometimes pep talks are informal and unplanned, while on other occasions they are carefully plotted and rehearsed, though the delivery of the pep talk is usually supposed to seem entirely off-the-cuff and directly from the heart.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Off-the-cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-the-cuff. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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