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[syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Extemporaneous \Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [See Extempore.]
Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or
without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib;
extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or
production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. --
Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
extemporaneous
adj 1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib
comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano
recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit";
"an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to
sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast";
"a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib,
extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore,
impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff,
unrehearsed]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "extemporaneous":
ad lib, ad libitum, ad-lib, casual, caught napping,
caught off balance, caught short, extemporary, extempore,
extemporized, haphazard, hasty, impromptu, improvisatorial,
improvise, improvised, improviso, impulsive, informal, jury-rigged,
makeshift, off the cuff, off-the-cuff, offhand, precipitate,
rough-and-ready, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, stopgap,
surprised, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares,
tripped up, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted, uncontrived,
undeliberated, undevised, unhatched, unmade, unmanufactured,
unorganized, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed,
unready, unrehearsed, unstudied