extemporaneous
done, spoken, performed, etc., without special advance preparation; impromptu: an extemporaneous speech.
previously planned but delivered with the help of few or no notes: extemporaneous lectures.
speaking or performing with little or no advance preparation: extemporaneous actors.
made for the occasion, as a shelter.
Origin of extemporaneous
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Other words from extemporaneous
- ex·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb
- ex·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness, ex·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty [ik-stem-puh-ruh-nee-i-tee], /ɪkˌstɛm pə rəˈni ɪ ti/, noun
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How to use extemporaneous in a sentence
Kennedy realizes he’s got to go on television and preempt Wallace, and he does so and gives a largely extemporaneous speech, in which he elevates the civil rights movement to a moral issue.
His voicemails sometimes went on for several minutes in flawless extemporaneous prose.
E.O. Wilson Saw the World in a Wholly New Way - Issue 112: Inspiration | David Sloan Wilson | January 5, 2022 | NautilusBut extemporaneous speech is not his strongest suit; Kanye expresses himself much better creatively than he does in conversation.
He is a very bright man and that came through loud and clear in his 45-minute nearly extemporaneous talk.
He must possess native talent, a clear insight of human character, agreeable address, extemporaneous powers of speech.
Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853 | Christopher C. Andrews
Inn-yards, houses without roofs, and extemporaneous enclosures at country fairs were the ready theatres of strolling players.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII | John LordThere is no such thing as extemporaneous acquisition, as Webster himself said of his speech.
Nullification, Secession Webster's Argument and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Caleb William LoringThomas orchestra (which happened to be aboard) give them an extemporaneous concert.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. ShieldsThe advantages of extemporaneous speaking are doubtless many.
Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou | Maturin M. Ballou
British Dictionary definitions for extemporaneous
extemporary (ɪkˈstɛmpərərɪ, -prərɪ)
/ (ɪkˌstɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs) /
spoken, performed, etc, without planning or preparation; impromptu; extempore
done in a temporary manner; improvised
Derived forms of extemporaneous
- extemporaneously or extemporarily, adverb
- extemporaneousness or extemporariness, noun
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