- extemporary
- adjective Date: 1596 extemporaneous • extemporarily adverb
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Extemporary — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
extemporary — index impulsive (rash), spontaneous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
extemporary — extemporary, extempore *extemporaneous, improvised, impromptu, offhand, unpremeditated Analogous words: & Contrasted words: see those at EXTEMPORANEOUS … New Dictionary of Synonyms
extemporary — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ spoken or done without preparation. DERIVATIVES extemporarily adverb extemporariness noun. ORIGIN from EXTEMPORE(Cf. ↑extempore) … English terms dictionary
extemporary — [ek stem′pə rer΄ē, ikstem′pə rer΄ē] adj. EXTEMPORANEOUS SYN. IMPROMPTU extemporarily adv. extemporariness n … English World dictionary
extemporary — 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,… … New thesaurus
extemporary — 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] * * * … Universalium
extemporary — adjective Extemporaneous … Wiktionary
extemporary — (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… … English dictionary for students
extemporary — adj. spontaneous, impromptu, improvised … English contemporary dictionary
