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Extemporary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Spoken, done, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought. See Synonyms at extemporaneous.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Extemporaneous.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Extemporaneous.

adj. Made for the occasion; for the time being.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Composed, performed, uttered, or applied without previous study or preparation: as, an extemporary sermon.

Made or procured for the occasion or for the present purpose; extemporaneous.

Synonyms See extemporaneous.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. with little or no preparation or forethought

Word Usage

"Not always, not by every one, come these inspirations; too often what is called extemporary prayer is but a form, differing from the liturgy of the church only in being poorer and colder."

Equivalent

unprepared

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

extemporaneous

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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