extemporary
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Ennius, perceiving how much the Romans had been delighted with the rude satires poured forth in extemporary dialogue, thought it might be worth his pains to compose satires not to be recited but read.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
The Roman youth thus learned to imitate their gestures and music, which they accompanied with railing verses delivered in extemporary dialogue.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
In the afternoon I heard Thekla's step behind my extemporary screen.
From The Grey Woman and other Tales by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
To test his acquirements they proposed that each should furnish an extemporary line of verse, his own to be the last, and all four ending in the same rhyme.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
To command men thus equipped there were extemporary generals, whose epaulets were obtained from the wardrobe of the Opera Comique.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
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