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Definition of Extemporaneous
1. Adjective. With little or no preparation or forethought. "A few unrehearsed comments"
Similar to: Unprepared
Definition of Extemporaneous
1. a. Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production.
Definition of Extemporaneous
1. Adjective. without preparation or advanced thought; offhand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extemporaneous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extemporaneous
Literary usage of Extemporaneous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1850)
"LITURGICAL AND extemporaneous WORSHIP." THE Unitarian denomination has, from its
origin, in this country, enjoyed the advantages of both modes of religious ..."
2. Forensic Oratory: A Manual for Advocates by William Callyhan Robinson (1893)
"The Preparation of an Oration: extemporaneous Orations: Mode of ... extemporaneous
orations are of two classes: (i) Those in which the ideas and words are ..."
3. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and by Henry Hallam (1856)
"The extemporaneous comedy had al- Extempo- ways been the amusement of Ihe ...
The extemporaneous comedy was called commedia dell' arte " It consisted," says ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1838)
"extemporaneous SPEAKING. ' AN ADDRESS TO THE LYCEUM OF THE ONEIDA CONFERENCE ...
I. As a means for improving in extemporaneous address we would recommend, ..."
5. Homiletics and Pastoral Theology by William Greenough Thayer Shedd (1869)
"extemporaneous PREACHING. THE discussion of the subject of Homiletics would be
incomplete if it did not include the topic of extemporaneous Preaching. ..."
6. Lessons in Vocal Expression: Processes of Thinking in the Modulation of the by Samuel Silas Curry (1895)
"All conversation, of course, is extemporaneous speaking. ... What is meant by
extemporaneous speaking? It does not mean speaking without preparation, ..."
7. The American Presbyterian Review by Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood (1867)
"NEW SERIES. NO. XVH.—JANUARY, 1867. ART. 1.—extemporaneous PREACHING. ... would be
incomplete, if it did not include the topic of extemporaneous Preaching. ..."
8. Public Speaking, Principles and Practice by James Albert Winans (1915)
"The extemporaneous Speech. By the term extemporaneous we have come to describe
... The extemporaneous speaker can, also, profit more from the inspiration of ..."
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