extemporaneousadj.
/ᵻkˌstɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs/, /ɛkˌstɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs/, U.S. /ɪkˈˌstɛmpəˈreɪniəs/, /ɛkˈˌstɛmpəˈreɪniəs/ 1. Not premeditated or studied, off-hand, extempore; esp. of discourse, prayer, etc. Rarely of a person: Speaking extempore; also, inclined to promptness of action.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned
suddena1300
unpremeditate1551
extemporal1570
unpurposed1570
unmeditated1576
extemporate1590
unpremeditated1597
unplotted1598
extemporary1610
extemporanean1621
extempory1623
impremeditate1647
unthought1648
unresolved1649
extemporate1651
incogitate1652
unprojected1653
indeliberate1655
extemporaneous1656
indeliberated1656
autoschediastical1662
casual1667
offhanda1668
undiscourseda1670
extemporany1673
unplanned1775
impromptu1789
on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801
autoschediastic1809
impromptuary1827
improvised1833
extemporized1856
spontaneous1856
unconsidered1876
undevised1894
lashed-up1920
ad-libbed1933
willy-nilly1933
off the cuff1948
the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > improvising > impromptu
extemporate1590
extemporary1610
suddena1616
extemporanean1621
extempory1623
extempore1639
extemporaneous1656
impromptu1789
impromptuary1827
ad-libbed1933
off-script1935
ad lib1936
the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > speaking > able or given to speak
reasonablea1387
quick and queathing?a1475
articulate1531
extemporal1588
extemporanean1621
extemporizing1644
expressible1661
speakable1667
extemporaneous1812
extempore1817
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Extemporaneous, sudden, speedy, without premeditation.
1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. v. 187 If it happen, (as it often will in Extemporaneous Discourse) that a Philosopher be not rightly understood.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 124 This cannot be done in extemporaneous effusions; and therefore there must be forms premeditated.
1812 Religionism 60 Extemporaneous pulpiteers, your text Prepare.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. x. 230 Ladies of an extemporaneous turn of mind.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 159 There might be a revised liturgy which should not exclude extemporaneous prayer.
a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) vii. 418 He seldom utters an extemporaneous word. His habit is to have every thing written, to the very letter.
1863 Robinson in Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 416 Extemporaneous preaching is..best adapted to interest and amuse the hearers.
2. Made for the occasion, hastily erected or prepared. Of a medicine: Needing to be prepared at the time of prescription; opposed to officinal. So extemporaneous practice.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [adjective] > makeshift
extemporal1626
extemporary1631
extempore1694
extemporaneous1725
impromptu1764
makeshift1824
makeshifty1858
spot-made1894
make-do1923
roll-your-own1942
Band-Aid1970
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Water Germander [It is] somewhat strange, that it is not oftner met with in extemporaneous Practise.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Cup Moss Mosses..have never obtain'd officinal or extemporaneous prescription.
1754 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos. (1756) ii. 72 His famous book..taken as an extemporaneous cordial,..to support himself under his frequent paroxysms.
1830 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 42 99 This extemporaneous architecture was soon completed.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 61 He directed his servants to furnish an extemporaneous supper.
Derivatives
extempoˈraneously adv. in an extemporaneous manner.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner
suddenly1340
of unwarninga1400
on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469
casuallya1549
extemporea1556
of (upon) this sudden1572
extemporally1577
at (the or a) volley1578
on (or o') the volley1578
extrumpery1582
unpremeditately1607
extemporary1610
extempory1623
extemporarily1667
impromptu1669
ad aperturam libri1679
unpremeditatedly1694
impulsively1768
extemporaneously1791
promiscuously1791
spontaneously1799
on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801
spontaneous1810
promiscuous1826
improvisedly1851
off-handedly1876
at the first jet1878
off the cuff1927
off the top of one's head1939
off the wall1966
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [adverb] > in makeshift manner
extemporaneously1791
1791 Edinb. New Dispensatory (ed. 3) 525 Any proper tincture..may be extemporaneously joined.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. li. 483 The barometer thus extemporaneously made, will be nearly as perfect..as before.
1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 44 Questions which it were worse than folly to treat extemporaneously.
extempoˈraneousness n. the quality of being extemporaneous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > [noun] > unrehearsed or improvised speaking
extemporizing1644
extemporalness1656
extemporariness1671
extemporaneousness1764
extemporization1860
ad-libbing1918
the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [noun] > unplanned quality or action
impulsion1532
autoschediastic1641
impulsiveness1659
extemporariness1671
impulse1763
extemporaneousness1764
unpremeditatedness1769
undesignednessa1774
unpremeditation1807
undeliberateness1817
spontaneity1826
improvisation1833
fortuity1860
impulsivity1891
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iv. v. 212 The extemporaneousness of them [Eastern songs].
1891 Spectator 28 Feb. 308/1 Insufficient preparation, and all the other evils which are briefly comprehended in the description of extemporaneousness.
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