The contestant delivered her extemporaneous speech with such gusto.
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Extemporaneous
//əksˌtɛmpɚˈeɪni.əs//
Synonyms for "extemporaneous" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- импровизиран adj (without preparation)
Catalan
1 entries- extemporani adj (without preparation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不用講稿的 /不用讲稿的 adj (without preparation)
- 即興的 /即兴的 adj (without preparation)
Danish
1 entries- improviseret adj (without preparation)
Dutch
1 entries- onvoorbereid adj (without preparation)
German
1 entries- unvorbereitet adj (without preparation)
Indonesian
2 entries- ekstemporan adj (without preparation)
- impromptu adj (without preparation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uforberedt adj (without preparation)
Polish
2 entries- spontaniczny adj (without preparation)
- zaimprowizowany adj (without preparation)
Portuguese
1 entries- extemporâneo adj (without preparation)
Russian
1 entries- импровизи́рованный adj (without preparation)
Spanish
1 entries- extemporáneo adj (without preparation)
Turkish
2 entries- doğaçlama adj (without preparation)
- hazırlıksız adj (without preparation)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
My speeches in Great Britain were wholly extemporaneous, and I may not always have been so guarded in my expressions, as I otherwise should have been. I was ten years younger then than now, and only seven years from slavery.
Source: wiktionary
“Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?”
Source: wiktionary
The lovely words of a prepared speech, however, cannot erase extemporaneous words and deeds, thousands of them, that have run contrary to those aspirations.
Source: wiktionary
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