† extemporyadv.adj.
Obsolete.
= extempore v.
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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 > 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 mind > language > speech > [adjective] > improvising > impromptu
extemporate1590
extemporary1610
suddena1616
extemporanean1621
extempory1623
extempore1639
extemporaneous1656
impromptu1789
impromptuary1827
ad-libbed1933
off-script1935
ad lib1936
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Out of Hand, Extempory.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 12 Some being for extempory prayers, but none to my knowledge for extempory pollicy.
1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 351 Whereunto they extempory made him very prudent and well advised answers.
1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 27 His Knife (which for a piece of extempory Service he always wore about him).
1775 M. Guthrie in G. Colman Posthumous Lett. (1820) 118 Celebrating our activity..with extempory Song.
Derivatives
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
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