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Antonyms for improvising
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : im-pruh-vahyz |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm prəˌvaɪz |
Definition of improvising
Origin :- 1826, back-formation from improvisation, or else from French improviser (17c.), from Italian improvisare "to sing or speak extempore," from improviso, from Latin improvisus "unforeseen, unexpected" (see improvisation). Or possibly a back-formation from improvisation. Related: Improvised; improvising.
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- With cool blood and a tranquil mind there is no improvising and poetizing.
- Extract from : « The Daughter of an Empress » by Louise Muhlbach
- It was, however, when he was improvising that his power was most astonishing.
- Extract from : « Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning » by Robert Browning
- Improvising, playing by ear, trying to manufacture lies that rang of the truth.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- A tall knob of a man, he sang in a deep bass, improvising expertly.
- Extract from : « When the Owl Cries » by Paul Bartlett
- It was like the sketch of a lovesong that he was improvising for her.
- Extract from : « The Red Lily, Complete » by Anatole France
- As I rose to leave the table, he asked me if I had succeeded in improvising a habit.
- Extract from : « Rutledge » by Miriam Coles Harris
- Who can deny you the gift of imagining or improvising vanities?
- Extract from : « Isabella Orsini » by Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
- Mozart carefully separated his time for writing and his time for improvising.
- Extract from : « Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3) » by Otto Jahn
- The dear mater is improvising an epithalamium, said Arthur, with a laugh.
- Extract from : « The Confounding of Camelia » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- She was improvising a curtain of some kind, and as he came in she was standing off to study the effect.
- Extract from : « The Hero of Hill House » by Mable Hale
Synonyms for improvising
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