extemporaneous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əksˌtɛmpɚˈeɪni.əs/ (Canada)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪksˌ-/ (UK)
- /ɛksˌtɛm.pɜː(ɹ)ˈeɪn.i.əs/ (UK)
Etymology
From Late Latin extemporāneus, from Latin ex tempore (“impromptu”).
Meanings
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With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
“Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?”
1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Young Irony”, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II (The Education of a Personage), page 241:The lovely words of a prepared speech, however, cannot erase extemporaneous words and deeds, thousands of them, that have run contrary to those aspirations.
2017 March 1, The Lead with Jake Tapper, spoken by Jake Tapper, via CNN: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.
1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most extemporaneous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more extemporaneous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
extemporaneousness · extemporanea · extemporize
Synonyms
off-the-cuff · extemporal · extemporary · impromptu · extempore · off-the-cuff · extemporal · improvised · ad lib · extemporized · extempore · gash · spur-of-the-moment · extemporaneous · offhand · improviso · improvised
Translations (18)
cmn 不用講稿的 /不用讲稿的 (without preparation) · pt extemporâneo (without preparation) · pl spontaniczny (without preparation) · pl zaimprowizowany (without preparation) · kk суырып салып айтылған (without preparation) · da improviseret (without preparation) · tr doğaçlama (without preparation) · de unvorbereitet (without preparation) · id impromptu (without preparation) · bg импровизиран (without preparation) · id ekstemporan (without preparation) · nb uforberedt (without preparation) · nl onvoorbereid (without preparation) · tr hazırlıksız (without preparation) · es extemporáneo (without preparation) · cmn 即興的 /即兴的 (without preparation) · ca extemporani (without preparation) · ru импровизи́рованный (without preparation)