extemporaryadj.n.
/ɛkˈstɛmpərəri/ A. adj.† 2. Arising at the moment, occasional, casual; sudden, unexpected. Obsolete.
1. quasi-adverb.1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel 38 David's prayer..proceeded from him extemporary.† b. nonce-use.
a. Unpremeditated; esp. of prayer, discourse, composition, etc.; = extempore adv. 2. Occasionally of a speaker; †formerly also of the ability to speak.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned
suddena1300
unpremeditate1551
extemporal1570
unpurposed1570
unmeditated1576
extemporate1590
unpremeditated1597
unplotted1598
extemporary1610
extemporanean1621
extempory1623
impremeditate1647
unthought1648
unresolved1649
extemporate1651
incogitate1652
unprojected1653
indeliberate1655
extemporaneous1656
indeliberated1656
autoschediastical1662
casual1667
offhanda1668
undiscourseda1670
extemporany1673
unplanned1775
impromptu1789
on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801
autoschediastic1809
impromptuary1827
improvised1833
extemporized1856
spontaneous1856
unconsidered1876
undevised1894
lashed-up1920
ad-libbed1933
willy-nilly1933
off the cuff1948
the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner
suddenly1340
of unwarninga1400
on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469
casuallya1549
extemporea1556
of (upon) this sudden1572
extemporally1577
at (the or a) volley1578
on (or o') the volley1578
extrumpery1582
unpremeditately1607
extemporary1610
extempory1623
extemporarily1667
impromptu1669
ad aperturam libri1679
unpremeditatedly1694
impulsively1768
extemporaneously1791
promiscuously1791
spontaneously1799
on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801
spontaneous1810
promiscuous1826
improvisedly1851
off-handedly1876
at the first jet1878
off the cuff1927
off the top of one's head1939
off the wall1966
the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > improvising > impromptu
extemporate1590
extemporary1610
suddena1616
extemporanean1621
extempory1623
extempore1639
extemporaneous1656
impromptu1789
impromptuary1827
ad-libbed1933
off-script1935
ad lib1936
the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > improvising
improvisatorial1819
extemporary1849
improvisational1871
ad-libbing1934
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [adjective] > improvising
improvisatory1806
improvisatorial1819
extemporary1849
1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists §42 The seruice said in our parish-churches is as good a seruice to God as the extemporary deuotions in your parlours.
1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη 78 Those men who gloried in their extemporary vein and fluency.
1684 Winstanley in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 400 Queen Elizabeth coming into a Grammar-School made this extemporary Verse.
1849 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. 12 May (1874) II. xv. 244 I have never known a truly extemporary preacher.
1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims vi. 157 Cardinal de Retz..described himself in an extemporary Latin sentence.
1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy ii. ii. 27 Italy appears at all times to have produced extemporary poets.
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1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici i. §33. 78 I believe they [the Angels] have an extemporary knowledge.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > arising or emerging
pro re nata1578
extempore1639
extemporary1647
upwelling1854
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > [adjective]
ferlyc893
sudden1340
subitane?a1425
subite?1483
starting1545
plunging1566
abrupt1576
subitany1603
subitaneous1645
surprising1645
subitous1657
extempore1755
extemporary1761
1647 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre (ed. 3) i. xxiv. 41 Being no slip of an extemporary passion, but a studied and premeditated act.
1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations ii. 44 The most extemporary view of the Commands of the Decalogue.
1672 T. Shadwell Miser iv. 54 Extemporary love, is most commonly as Hypocritical, as extemporary prayer.
1761 S. Johnson Idler II. 234 A calm delight, such as..is yet easily quitted for some extemporary joy.
3. Made for, or suggested by the occasion; hastily built, framed, prepared, or provided; makeshift; = extempore adv. 3.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [adjective] > makeshift
extemporal1626
extemporary1631
extempore1694
extemporaneous1725
impromptu1764
makeshift1824
makeshifty1858
spot-made1894
make-do1923
roll-your-own1942
Band-Aid1970
1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 199 They..constitute one common and extemporary home.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 5 As soon as he landed, they.., rear'd an extemporary Altar before him.
1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 114 Such Plants..are easily prepar'd for an Extemporary Collation.
1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 81 The system of extemporary government..fell into fragments.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 130 Such elaborate dramatic personages were not extemporary creations thrown off in the heat of the pen.
a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 146 A sty even more extemporary than the shanties.
An extemporary speech or action; an impromptu. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [noun] > unplanned quality or action > an unplanned action
extemporarya1661
autoschediasm1842
acte gratuit1931
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Shrop. 9 His extemporaries were often better than his præmeditations.
1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 52 Extemporaries are the gentile feats of a good discerning.
Derivatives
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the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > improviser
extemporarian1680
extemporist1812
extemporizer1812
ad-libber1921
1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 45 Either the Church of England, or the People called Quakers are in the right, and Extemporarians, not Inspired, certainly in the Wrong.
exˈtemporarily adv. in an extemporary manner; without premeditation.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner
suddenly1340
of unwarninga1400
on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469
casuallya1549
extemporea1556
of (upon) this sudden1572
extemporally1577
at (the or a) volley1578
on (or o') the volley1578
extrumpery1582
unpremeditately1607
extemporary1610
extempory1623
extemporarily1667
impromptu1669
ad aperturam libri1679
unpremeditatedly1694
impulsively1768
extemporaneously1791
promiscuously1791
spontaneously1799
on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801
spontaneous1810
promiscuous1826
improvisedly1851
off-handedly1876
at the first jet1878
off the cuff1927
off the top of one's head1939
off the wall1966
1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. vi. 108 I have answered as well as I could thus extemporarily.
1743 H. Fielding tr. Demosthenes 1st Olynthiac in Misc. I. 282 Extemporarily, and without Premeditation.
1840 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1875) I. 400 Extemporarily adapting means to ends.
exˈtemporariness n. extemporary quality.
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the mind > language > speech > [noun] > unrehearsed or improvised speaking
extemporizing1644
extemporalness1656
extemporariness1671
extemporaneousness1764
extemporization1860
ad-libbing1918
the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [noun] > unplanned quality or action
impulsion1532
autoschediastic1641
impulsiveness1659
extemporariness1671
impulse1763
extemporaneousness1764
unpremeditatedness1769
undesignednessa1774
unpremeditation1807
undeliberateness1817
spontaneity1826
improvisation1833
fortuity1860
impulsivity1891
1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 245 You endeavour thereby, to impugne extemporariness, multiplicity, and variety of words, in Prayer.
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