Extemporary

  • 1Extemporary — Ex*tem po*ra*ry, a. 1. Extemporaneous. In extemporary prayer. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs.] Extemporary habitations. Maundrell. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2extemporary — index impulsive (rash), spontaneous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3extemporary — extemporary, extempore *extemporaneous, improvised, impromptu, offhand, unpremeditated Analogous words: & Contrasted words: see those at EXTEMPORANEOUS …

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  • 4extemporary — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ spoken or done without preparation. DERIVATIVES extemporarily adverb extemporariness noun. ORIGIN from EXTEMPORE(Cf. ↑extempore) …

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  • 5extemporary — [ek stem′pə rer΄ē, ikstem′pə rer΄ē] adj. EXTEMPORANEOUS SYN. IMPROMPTU extemporarily adv. extemporariness n …

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  • 6extemporary — extemporaneous / extemporary [adj] unrehearsed, improvised ad hoc, ad lib, at first glance, automatic, by ear*, casual, expedient, extempore, free, immediate, impromptu, improv*, improvisatory, improviso, informal, jamming*, made up, makeshift,… …

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  • 7extemporary — adjective Date: 1596 extemporaneous • extemporarily adverb …

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  • 8extemporary — extemporarily /ik stem peuh rair euh lee, rer /, adv. extemporariness, n. /ik stem peuh rer ee/, adj. 1. extemporaneous; extempore. 2. Obs. sudden; unexpected. [1600 10; EXTEMPORE + ARY] * * * …

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  • 9extemporary — adjective Extemporaneous …

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  • 10extemporary — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought: ad lib, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, snap, spur of the moment, unrehearsed. Informal: off the cuff. See… …

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