Extemporaneous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Carried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu: an extemporaneous piano recital.
  • adj. Prepared in advance but delivered without notes or text: an extemporaneous speech.
  • adj. Skilled at or given to unrehearsed speech or performance: an accomplished extemporaneous speaker.
  • adj. Provided, made, or adapted as an expedient; makeshift: an extemporaneous policy decision.
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  • adj. without preparation or advanced thought; offhand
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib; extempore; extemporary.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Made, done, furnished, or procured at the time, without special preparation; resulting from or provided for the immediate occasion; unpremeditated: as, an extemporaneous address or performance; extemporaneous support or shelter.
  • Synonyms Extemporaneous, Unpremeditated. There is now some disposition to apply extempore and extemporaneous to that which is unpremeditated only in form. Extemporaneous speaking or preaching is, by this view, carefully prepared in thought, arrangement, etc., only the choice of words and phraseology being left to the inspiration of the moment. Extemporary has not this sense. Unpremeditated is thus opposed to premeditated, and extemporaneous to written or recited.
  • In pharmacy, noting a preparation which is compounded at the time it is ordered, in distinction from a ready-made, or officinal preparation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. with little or no preparation or forethought
    • Equivalent
    unprepared   
    Cross Reference
    occasional   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unpremeditated    offhand    ad-lib    extempore    extemporary   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    valedictory    extemporary    after-dinner    expository    edify   
     
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