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extemporal |
extemporanean |
extemporaneous |
extemporaneously |
extemporarily |
extemporary
| extempore
| extemporiness
| extemporisation
| extemporise
| extemporization
extemporary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective extemporary has 1 sense
- extemporary(s = adj.all) ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed - 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
extemporary, a.
- Extemporaneous. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Made for the occasion; for the time being. Maundrell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
extemporary, adj. = EXTEMPORANEOUS.
Derivative
extemporarily adv. extemporariness n.
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