Synonyms for extempore
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ik-stem-puh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɛm pə ri |
Définition of extempore
Origin :- 1550s (adv.), 1630s (n.), from Latin phrase ex tempore "offhand, in accordance with (the needs of) the moment," literally "out of time," from ex "out of" (see ex-) + tempore, ablative of tempus (genitive temporis) "time" (see temporal). Of speaking, strictly "without preparation, without time to prepare," but now often with a sense merely of "without notes or a teleprompter."
- adj offhand
- In his discourses he was neither an extempore preacher, nor did he read.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- It was that night Tony's extempore prayer was echoed so earnestly by his aunt.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- All works of art should not be detached, but extempore performances.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Carpenters were at work converting the library into an extempore theatre.
- Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley
- And now Pastor Tappau began his prayer, extempore, as was the custom.
- Extract from : « Curious, if True » by Elizabeth Gaskell
- The smoked, extempore fireplace where a party cooked their fish.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 » by Various
- It is not a natural gift, an extempore thing like authorship and song.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in Arcady » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- The prayer was extempore, and roused the girls to amazed attention.
- Extract from : « Betty Vivian » by L. T. Meade
- In a few moments the doors opened and revealed an extempore stage.
- Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew
- Being strollers in the streets, we delight in this extempore illumination.
- Extract from : « Saunterings in and about London » by Max Schlesinger
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