The contestant delivered her extemporaneous speech with such gusto.
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Extemporaneous
/əksˌtɛmpɚˈeɪni.əs/
Synonyms for "extemporaneous" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Adjective(4 words)
ad libad libitumad-libcasualcaught nappingcaught off balancecaught shortextemporaryextemporeextemporizedhaphazardhasty
Strong matches (23)
impromptuimprovisatorialimproviseimprovisedimprovisoimpulsiveinformaljury riggedjury-riggedmakeshiftoff the cuffoff-the-cuffoffhand
Adjective(9 words)
impromptu actionimpromptu creationimprovisationalimprovisedimprovised activityimprovised approachimprovised discoursenote assistedoff-the-cuff
Noun(1 words)
musical improvisation
Related words (39)
Adjective(11 words)
offhandoffhandedoutline basedoutline guidedspontaneousspur of the momentunposed speechunrehearsedunscriptedunscripted activityunscripted moment
precipitaterough-and-readysnapspontaneousspur-of-the-momentstopgapsurprisedtaken abacktaken by surprisetaken unawarestripped upunarrangedunbegununconcocteduncontrivedundeliberatedundevisedunhatchedunmadeunmanufactured
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More general
2 entriesadjectivelinguistic term
More specific
6 entriesbrief outline addressimpromptu remarksimprovised lecturenote guided talkoutline based lecturespontaneous demonstration
Collocations
5 entriesextemporaneous deliveryextemporaneous lectureextemporaneous remarksextemporaneous speechextemporaneous writing
Inflections
2 entriesmore extemporaneousmost extemporaneous
Derivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample 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.
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“Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?”
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The lovely words of a prepared speech, however, cannot erase extemporaneous words and deeds, thousands of them, that have run contrary to those aspirations.
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