beside the point vs offhand

beside the point

adv
  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

adj
  • Irrelevant, moot. 

offhand

adv
  • In an offhand (adjective) manner. 

  • Right away, immediately, without thinking about it. 

adj
  • Without planning or thinking ahead. 

  • Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration. 

  • Curt, abrupt, unfriendly. 

How often have the words beside the point and offhand occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )