extemporaneous
[ ik-stem-puh-rey-nee-uhs ]
/ ɪkˌstɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs /
adjective
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
SYNONYMS FOR extemporaneous
1, 2
Extemporaneous (
extempore ),
impromptu,
improvised are used of expression given without preparation or only partial preparation.
Extemporaneous and
impromptu may both refer to speeches given without any preparation:
an extemporaneous (
impromptu )
speech.
Extemporaneous may also refer to a speech given from notes or an outline:
extemporaneous lectures.
Impromptu also refers to poems, songs, etc., delivered without preparation and at a moment's notice.
Improvised is applied to something composed (recited, sung, acted), at least in part, as one goes along:
an improvised piano accompaniment.
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/, nounWords nearby extemporaneous
ext,
ext.,
extant,
extd.,
extemporal,
extemporaneous,
extemporary,
extempore,
extemporize,
extend,
extend credit to
Example sentences from the Web for extemporaneously
All this was uttered, of course, extemporaneously, and without the least preparation.
The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim |William CarletonIt is a discussion of a number of very vital subjects in the free form of extemporaneously spoken words.
The New Freedom |Woodrow Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for extemporaneously
extemporaneous
extemporary (ɪkˈstɛmpərərɪ, -prərɪ)
/ (ɪkˌstɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs) /
adjective
spoken, performed, etc, without planning or preparation; impromptu; extempore
done in a temporary manner; improvised