tossed off
Made without effort
Tossed off describes something done quickly and casually, without much effort or care.
A writer tosses off a column in an hour; a musician tosses off a riff between songs.
The phrase suggests ease but sometimes implies carelessness or dismissiveness: He tossed off an apology without really meaning it.
In British slang, to toss off is to masturbate.
- ad libSpeak without rehearsal
- spur of the momentDone without prior planning
- thrownPropelled by arm
- offhandCasually unrehearsed
- heavedLifted or threw laboriously
spontaneous · improv · hurled · witticism · quip · repartee · discard · lobbed · brushed aside · dumped · chucked · thrown together · effortless · dismissed · no big deal · nonchalant · flung · jest
tossed offpolished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
refined · perfected · belabored · fussed over · honed
tossed offcarefully considered
thought through · pondered · mulled over · premeditated · calculated