come off saying

[sitifan]

“I don’t want to come off saying that we're doing well while everybody else is suffering. That would be like saying, ‘One man's meat is another man's poison.’ I want to be empathic.”
Source: Jerry Weissman, Presenting to Win, Updated and Expanded Edition. https://www.google.com.tw/books/edition/Presenting_to_Win_Updated_and_Expanded_E/BNrPEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="come+off+saying"&pg=PT156&printsec=frontcover

What does the phrasal verb "come off" mean in the above quotation?

 

[probus]

To come off means to seem or to be perceived as being. For example, a person can come off as rude, polite, cheerful, optimistic, friendly, or untrustworthy. You can put just about any notable characteristic into that expression.