off the cuff vs offhand

off the cuff

prep
  • In an off-the-cuff manner. 

offhand

adj
  • Without planning or thinking ahead. 

  • Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration. 

  • Curt, abrupt, unfriendly. 

adv
  • Right away, immediately, without thinking about it. 

  • In an offhand (adjective) manner. 

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