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adjective
1.
done, spoken, performed, etc., without special advance preparation; impromptu: an extemporaneous speech.
2.
previously planned but delivered with the help of few or no notes: extemporaneous lectures.
3.
speaking or performing with little or no advance preparation: extemporaneous actors.
4.
made for the occasion, as a shelter.
Related forms
ex·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb
Synonyms
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.
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.
Antonyms
1. memorized.
1. memorized.
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Example Sentences
- The old man was then in his 90's, yet he provided detailed extemporaneous narration of 30 years of celluloid family history.
- The conventions are only weeks away now and some delegates already have their extemporaneous, speeches memorized.
- What would be unreasonable would be to expect someone to be perfect in an extemporaneous situation such as the classroom.
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Word Origin & History
extemporaneous
1650s (earlier extemporal, 1560s), from L.L. extemporaneus, from L. ex tempore (see extempore). Related: Extemporaneously.
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