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Definition of Impromptu

1. Adverb. Without advance preparation. "He spoke ad lib"

2. Adjective. With little or no preparation or forethought. "A few unrehearsed comments"

3. Noun. An extemporaneous speech or remark. "A witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"

4. Noun. A short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation.

Definition of Impromptu

1. adv. or a. Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.

2. n. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.

Definition of Impromptu

1. Adjective. Improvised; without prior preparation; extemporaneous; unplanned. ¹

2. Noun. (music) a short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo. ¹

3. Noun. any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impromptu

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impromptu

improbableness improbably improbation improbations improbities improbity improficiencies improficiency improfitable improgressive

improlific impromanga impromangas impromidine imprompt impromptu (current term) impromptus improper improper fraction improper fractions

improper integral improper integrals improperation improperations improperia improperly improperness impropernesses improperty impropitious

Literary usage of Impromptu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Speaking Today: A High School Manual by Frank Cummins Lockwood, Clarence De Witt Thorpe (1921)
"The man who can make a strong impromptu speech has at his command a tool worth ... In all probability the average man has ten chances to speak impromptu to ..."

2. Well-known Piano Solos, how to Play Them by Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1915)
"impromptu in A Flat, Op. 90, No. 4 SCHUBERT | HE old-fashioned designation for such ... Such delicious, mellifluous music as this impromptu will always fall ..."

3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"[G.] impromptu. Originally no doubt the nun« for an extempore piece ; but as no piece can In extempore when written down, the term is need for pianoforte ..."

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