extemporaneous
adj/ɪksˌ-/UK/əksˌtɛmpɚˈeɪni.əs/CA
Etymology
From Late Latin extemporāneus, from Latin ex tempore (“impromptu”).
- derived from ex tempore
- borrowed from extemporāneus
Definitions
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
- My speeches in Great Britain were wholly extemporaneous, and I may not always have been so guarded in my expressions, as I otherwise should have been. I was ten years younger then than now, and only seven years from slavery.
- “Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?”
- The lovely words of a prepared speech, however, cannot erase extemporaneous words and deeds, thousands of them, that have run contrary to those aspirations.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for extemporaneous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA