Antonyms for extemporary
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ik-stem-puh-rer-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɛm pəˌrɛr i |
Definition of extemporary
- As in offhand : adj ad-lib, extemporaneous
- As in extemporaneous : adj improvised
- As in unstudied : adj impromptu
- As in off-the-cuff : adj extemporaneous
- As in spur-of-the-moment : adj extemporaneous
- As in extemporaneous/extemporary : adj unrehearsed, improvised
- He wrote essays, squibs, and pamphlets for an extemporary support.
- Extract from : « Damon and Delia » by William Godwin
- You are independent of your mood, on which the extemporary preacher has to lean so much.
- Extract from : « The Young Priest's Keepsake » by Michael Phelan
- They sat as still and attentive around him, as though before an extemporary preacher.
- Extract from : « Henry Brocken » by Walter J. de la Mare
- What seemed to be an effort to celebrate his achievements in extemporary verse brought on another fit.
- Extract from : « Hyacinth » by George A. Birmingham
- Mr. Cartwright began, almost in a whisper, to utter his extemporary prayer.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Wrexhill » by Mrs [Frances] Trollope
- The extemporary character of their contrivance and expedients, is sufficiently apparent.
- Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West
- The consequence was, just as I was getting over the embarrassment of extemporary oration, down came the sash and guillotined me.
- Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke
- The spinners celebrated their young master's return in the extemporary songs, so common among their countrywomen.
- Extract from : « Discipline » by Mary Brunton
- The service commenced with a hymn, to which succeeded an extemporary prayer.
- Extract from : « American Notes for General Circulation » by Charles Dickens
- The mystery seems explained by a supposition that his talent lay in extemporary declamation.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume II (of 3) » by James Dennistoun
Synonyms for extemporary
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- ad-lib
- artless
- at first glance
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporaneous
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improvised
- improviso
- informal
- instinctive
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- naive
- natural
- off the cuff
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- taking for ride
- thought out loud
- throwaway
- toss off
- toss out
- tossed off
- tossed out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
- without preparation
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