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extempore::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed |
an extempore skit.
extempore::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extemporaneously, extemporarily |
Examples of extempore
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John Bright's first extempore speech was at a temperance meeting.
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It shouldn't come as a surprise that television personalities ask for help with their extempore remarks.
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The work was written extempore, and designed for the use of Apocauchus during his embassy to the north.
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Rehearsal time was often minimal, so his gift for conducting in an almost extempore fashion came to the fore.
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According to Alcidamas, the highest aim of the orator was the power of speaking extempore on every conceivable subject.
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When it comes to producing extempore justifications for Government policy, however, her little card house collapses.
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We learn that he may be a closet Europhile and that his apparently extempore ramblings are sometimes rehearsed, to the smallest detail.
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Burns is supposed to have composed the final stanza of the poem extempore at a family supper at a friend's house in Mauchline, Ayrshire.
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At weddings, the Dondang Sayang, a form of extempore rhyming song in Malay sung and danced by guests at the wedding party, was a highlight.
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- Extemporaneously: without prior preparation; "he spoke extemporaneously"
- Ad-lib: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a ...
- "Extempore" (alternate title "The Beach Where Time Began") is a science fiction short story written by Damon Knight. It first appeared in the August 1956 issue of Infinity Science Fiction and has been reprinted twice, in Far Out (1961) and The Best of Damon Knight (1976).
- Spoken, carried out, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought
- Reasons or a judgment are said to have been given extempore if given straight away at the end of the hearing; compare reserved.
- A speech or a presentation made without previous preparation
