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Extemporaneous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTEMPORA'NEOUS, a. [L. extemporaneus; ex and tempus, time.]
Composed, performed or uttered at the time the subject occurs, without previous study; unpremeditated; as an extemporaneous address; an extemporaneous production; an extemporaneous prescription.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin extemporaneus, from Latin ex tempore Date: 1673 1. a. (1) composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment ; impromptu <an extemporaneous comment> (2) carefully prepared but delivered without notes or text b. skilled at or given to extemporaneous utterance c. happening suddenly and often unexpectedly and usually without clearly known causes or relationships <a great deal of criminal and delinquent behavior is…extemporaneous — W. C. Reckless> 2. provided, made, or put to use as an expedient ; makeshift <an extemporaneous shelter> • extemporaneously adverb • extemporaneousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. spoken or done without preparation. Derivatives: extemporaneously adv. extemporaneousness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Extemporaneous Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous, a. [See Extempore.] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unpremeditated, off-hand, extemporary, extempore, improvised.

Moby Thesaurus

ad lib, ad libitum, ad-lib, casual, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, extemporary, extempore, extemporized, haphazard, hasty, impromptu, improvisatorial, improvise, improvised, improviso, impulsive, informal, jury-rigged, makeshift, off the cuff, off-the-cuff, offhand, precipitate, rough-and-ready, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, stopgap, surprised, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares, tripped up, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted, uncontrived, undeliberated, undevised, unhatched, unmade, unmanufactured, unorganized, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unready, unrehearsed, unstudied