improvisatory

Also im·prov·i·sa·to·ri·al

[im-pruh-vahy-zuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -viz-uh-]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.

Other Word Forms

• improvisatorially adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of improvisatory¹

1800–10; improvisator + -y ¹; -ory ¹

Example Sentences

The three leads can still, when given room, generate an anything-can-happen vibe, even if the improvisatory pearls are in short supply.

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There were decades of traveling the world giving improvisatory keyboard recitals that sometimes included all-night organ recitals in Gothic French cathedrals.

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What distinguishes “Swag” from “Journals” and “Changes” is that this album feels much rawer and more improvisatory than the earlier ones; the production throughout is murky and smeared, and the record includes a couple of demo-like tracks that suggest Bieber simply AirDropped unfinished voice memos from his phone to whomever was sitting behind the computer in the recording studio.

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“I learned a lot by seeing how at ease and improvisatory they are,” Cumberbatch said.

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That seesawing piano riff on the soundtrack could be rain droplets or an improvisatory theme for a couple lolling around an open-air market trying on sunglasses.

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