Extemporaneous

Definition: Extemporaneous

Extemporaneous

Adjective

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"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments".

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Date "extemporaneous" was first used: 1656. (references)

Note: Extemporaneous \Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, adjective. [See Extempore.]. (references)

Biology & Biotechnology

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Synonyms: Extemporaneous

Impulse

Adjective: extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate; snap; improvised, improvisate, improvisatory; unpremeditated, unmeditated; improvise; unprompted, unguided; natural, unguarded; spontaneous; (voluntary); instinctive.

Nonpreparation

Unrehearsed, unscripted, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, ad lib, ad libitem.

Transientness

Brief, quick, brisk, extemporaneous, summary; pressed for time; (haste); sudden, momentary; (instantaneous).

Crosswords: Extemporaneous

Books

• Extemporaneous Ophthalmic Preparations (reference)

• Extemporaneous Speaking (reference)

• Pediatric Dosage Handbook: Incl Neonatal Dosing Drug Admin & Extemporaneous PREP 1999-2000 (reference)

• Speaking from experience : a rhetoric for extemporaneous speaking /,by Ralph S. Pomeroy (reference)

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Albanian

i papërgatitur (extemporary, extempore, off the cuff, unequipped, unprepared), i improvizuar (extemporary, impromptu, improvised, makeshift). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مرتجل (ad lib, extemporary, extemporized, impromptu, improvised, off hand, pickup), ‏بارع فى الارتجال. (various references)

Bulgarian 

направен без подготовка (extemporary), импровизиран (candid, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, off the cuff, offhand, rough and ready, scratch, unpremeditated). (various references)

Chinese 

即席. (various references)

Czech

extemporální (extemporary). (various references)

Dutch

magistraal (magistral). (various references)

French

magistral, improvisé (extemporary, extempore), impromptu. (various references)

German

improvisiert (extemporary, impromptu, improvised, improvises, makeshift, scratch, unscripted, vamps). (various references)

Greek 

πρόχειροσ (handily, handy, improvised, makeshift, rough, sketchy), αυτοσχέδιοσ (extemporary, impromptu, improvised, offhand). (various references)

Hungarian

vényre készült (extemporal), receptre készült (extemporal), rögtönzött (ad lib, ad-lib, extemporal, extemporary, extempore, hop, impromptu, improvisational, improvised, jury, makeshift, off hand, off-hand, scratch, snap, unpremeditated, unprompted, unrehearsed), hevenyészett (ad-lib, extemporal, extemporary, extempore, hasty, makeshift, quickie, quicky, rough, rough-hewn, sketchy), ex tempore (ad-lib, extemporal), bizonyos alkalomra készült (extemporal), alkalmi (ad hoc, casual, extemporal, occasional, offbeat, stray, topical). (various references)

Indonesian

awangan (impromptu). (various references)

Italian

estemporaneo (extemporary, impromptu, improvises, offhand). (various references)

Manx

neu-ulleeit. (various references)

Pig Latin

extemporaneousay.(various references)

Portuguese

extemporâneo (premature, unseasonable, untimely). (various references)

Romanian

neprevãzut (fortuitous, snap, stray, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for), improvizat (extempore, impromptu, off hand, off-handed, unpremeditated). (various references)

Russian 

импровизированный (improvised, makeshift). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nespreman (unprepared, unprovided, unready). (various references)

Spanish

extemporal (unseasonable, untimely), extemporáneo (unseasonable, untimely), improvisado (extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, offhanded, rough and ready). (various references)

Swedish

extemporerad (extemporary, extempore), oförberedd (extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off hand, off the cuff, offhand, offhanded, unprepared, unprovided, unrehearsed), improviserad (extemporary, extempore, impromptu, scratch). (various references)

Turkish

hazırlıksız (at half cock, extemporary, extempore, incautious, off the cuff, offhand, offhanded, unprepared, unprovided, unprovided for, unready, unrehearsed), doğaçtan yapılan (extemporary), anında yapılan (extemporary, extempore). (various references)

Ukrainian

імпровізований (impromptu, improvised, off the cuff, offhand, offhanded, soapbox), непідготовлений (extempore, half cocked, off the cuff, unprepared, unqualified), непередбачений (incalculable, unprovided). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ứng khẩu (extemporary, hand, improvisatory). (various references)

ex tempore. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "extemporaneous": extemporaneously, extemporaneousness, extemporaneousnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Extemporaneous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: extemparaneous, extemperaneous, extemporanious, extemporanius, extermporaneous. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: pentamerous.

-4 letters: enumerates, exonerates, extraneous, treponemas, treponemes.

-5 letters: anterooms, enumerate, exonerate, extempore, menopause, mesentera, monoester, mousetrap, numerates, outpreens, permeates, personate, protonema, rousement, treponema, treponeme.

+2 letters: extemporaneously.

+4 letters: extemporaneousness.