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improvisatorial, a.|ɪmprɒvɪzəˈtɔərɪəl| [f. as improvisatory + -al1.] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an improvisator; relating to or having the power of extempore composition or oratory.
1822New Monthly Mag. IV. 467 Singing..some old Castilian air, to which he often adapts some improvisatorial words. 1860J. Wolff Trav. & Adv. I. 81 His improvisatorial powers have been already mentioned. 1886Athenæum 14 Aug. 197/3 Hence, in the deepest and truest sense, Scott, often called the most improvisatorial, is the least improvisatorial of writers. Hence improvisaˈtorially adv., after the manner of an improvisator.
1886Tupper My Life as Author 385 Those who speak off-hand in prose or verse, ‘inspirationally’ as they call it, but as the outer world prefer to believe, improvisatorially. |