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Meanings of
extempore
in English
Spanish
extemporáneamente
Back to the meaning
Without prior preparation.
extemporaneously
extemporarily
Spanish
extemporáneamente
With little or no preparation or forethought.
impromptu
offhand
extemporaneous
unrehearsed
extemporary
offhanded
ad-lib
off-the-cuff
Related terms
unprepared
Synonyms
Examples for "
impromptu
"
impromptu
offhand
extemporaneous
unrehearsed
extemporary
Examples for "
impromptu
"
1
During the past two weeks she'd gotten used to his
impromptu
visits.
2
Without such assistance the D major section of the
impromptu
is insignificant.
3
He held a sort of
impromptu
reception in the little railroad station.
4
The house became an
impromptu
camp for the rest of that day.
5
The
impromptu
part of the programme began earlier than it was advertised.
1
That said; it's possible that an
offhand
comment will actually be useful!
2
But
offhand
,
I can't see a situation such as you describe arising.
3
I did not minimize that danger, despite Ramses's
offhand
request for assistance.
4
So she approached the twins respectfully, and said in an
offhand
way:
5
The words unintentionally came out sounding too
offhand
,
impudent rather than apologetic.
1
They were delivered without much preparation and were purely
extemporaneous
in character.
2
The closing of a door put an end to this
extemporaneous
address.
3
She had accidentally sent her unedited,
extemporaneous
outpouring to everyone she knew.
4
His hearer and his
extemporaneous
lecture plainly slipped out of his mind.
5
I tell the Bowery boys I'm what is called an
extemporaneous
talker.
1
I hope that our completely
unrehearsed
New Yorker captions made you laugh.
2
All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately
unrehearsed
.
3
It's
unrehearsed
and recorded on a phone, but it's all still there.
4
Like an
unrehearsed
chorus, voices in pain, pain that echoed his own.
5
There's something unpretentious and
unrehearsed
about their posts-that'sexactly why we're so addicted.
1
The service commenced with a hymn, to which succeeded an
extemporary
prayer.
2
He despised purely
extemporary
efforts; he did not believe in them.
3
This is the usual series of evolutions through which an
extemporary
preacher passes.
4
The
extemporary
character of their contrivance and expedients, is sufficiently apparent.
5
The principle upon which
extemporary
prayer was originally introduced, is no longer admitted.
1
I discussed it with George Hadash last week in an
offhanded
way.
2
Bowman! He liked their reliance,
offhanded
though it might be, on him.
3
So who is it? Kreindler asked, putting on an
offhanded
yet respectful tone.
4
It sounds ingenious, Hackworth had said, startled by Finkle-McGraw's
offhanded
naughtiness.
5
And I don't mean that in the usual
offhanded
way.
1
You said yourself that you're trying to
ad
-
lib
your way out.
2
Give him one cue, and he'd
ad
-
lib
the whole play.
3
Being able to
ad-lib
is actually what it is.
4
As every move they make will be broad cast on live television
ad
-
lib
humor is out.
5
They do not use a script but
ad
-
lib
everything, using their own voices to portray the characters.
1
Spock could offer an
off
-
the
-
cuff
estimate here, but it would be meaningless.
2
It was an
off
-
the
-
cuff
remark and one that Robson retracted at once.
3
Then, after almost two hours of
off
-
the
-
cuff
chat, episode 191 is over.
4
As news of the
off
-
the
-
cuff
comment spread, the group was transformed into pariahs.
5
That, I thought, explained the sheriff's
off
-
the
-
cuff
comment to the media.
Usage of
extempore
in English
1
We had a few
extempore
concerts in one of the middies' berths.
2
Mrs. Reading stood by me in very
extempore
costume, holding a night-lamp:-
3
When this is over, they all kneel, and the Itinerant prays
extempore
.
4
And now Pastor Tappau began his prayer,
extempore
,
as was the custom.
5
His prayer was
extempore
,
and he addressed God intimately and almost conversationally.
6
Bright has often spoken
extempore
with great effect, when circumstances demanded it.
7
His speeches were fine, but as much laboured as his
extempore
sayings.
8
The Reverend Mr. Davis read the service and made a short
extempore
speech.
9
The fact that he used no book did not make the prayers
extempore
.
10
Garrick immediately said his epitaph was finished, and spoke the following distich
extempore
:
11
After the hymn Weeks prayed aloud, and
extempore
and most seriously.
12
In his discourses he was neither an
extempore
preacher, nor did he read.
13
As we had been very merry, I repeated the following
extempore
satirical verses:-
14
And she continued her song, which was an
extempore
one about the sea.
15
The natives sang to these instruments, and often made
extempore
verses.
16
The following verses were really
extempore
,
but a little corrected since.
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extempore
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
extempore prayer
extempore speech
extempore address
extempore composition
extempore performance
More collocations
Translations for
extempore
Spanish
extemporáneamente
Extempore
through the time
Extempore
across language varieties
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