extemporary
/ɪkˈstɛmp(ə)(rə)ri
/ /ɛkˈstɛmp(ə)(rə)ri/adjective
Spoken or done without preparation: an extemporary prayer...
- The format must be manipulated and contrived to prevent anything extemporary or natural from happening on the screen.
- These are contrasted with ideas that are merely ‘arbitrary, rationalistic, or willed’, based on extemporary polemics.
- The judgment says what it says, and we are not going to say anything extemporary which modifies what we have said in the judgment.
Synonyms
extempore, impromptu, spontaneous, unscripted, ad lib, on-the-spot;
improvised, improvisatory, unrehearsed, unplanned, unprepared, unarranged, unpremeditated;
makeshift, thrown together, cobbled together
informal off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment, off the top of one's head
Derivatives
extemporarily
/ /ɛkˈstɛmp(ə)(rə)rɪli / adverb ...- David was a big man in every way, not only in stature but also in his ability to think broadly and to express his ideas brilliantly and extemporarily.
- This was a point that was made extemporarily by my learned friend.
extemporariness
Origin
Late 16th century: from extempore, on the pattern of temporary.