extemporary
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It was really farcical to see the good old president confer degrees with an attempt at ceremony, which seemed to have no rubric but extemporary convenience, and no purpose but the despatch of business.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
With which, and in the same breath, I give you my word, he knelt down, as we all did, and began a very miserable jumble of an extemporary prayer.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
The extemporary character of their contrivance and expedients, is sufficiently apparent.
From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John
On one occasion she repeated the entire of the baptismal service of the Church of England, and concluded with an extemporary prayer.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Yet occasional, fragmentary, extemporary as most of them are, they bear the guinea stamp of true genius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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