extempore
/ɪkˈstɛmp(ə)ri
/ /ɛkˈstɛmp(ə)ri/adjective & adverb
Spoken or done without preparation: [as adjective]: extempore public speaking [as adverb]: he recited the poem extempore...
- She was quite prepared to speak extempore for an hour, when well in her seventies.
- From a reader of speeches, she started speaking extempore.
- The Prime Minister seemed to be in a very enthusiastic and positive mood as he spoke extempore for about 20 minutes.
Synonyms
impromptu, spontaneous, unscripted, ad lib;
on-the-spot, extemporary, extemporaneous;
improvised, improvisatory, unrehearsed, unplanned, unprepared, unarranged, unpremeditated;
makeshift, thrown together, cobbled together, rough and ready;
Latin ad libitum
informal off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment, off the top of one's head
spontaneously, extemporaneously, ad lib;
on the spot, unpremeditatedly, without preparation, without rehearsal, without planning;
Latin ad libitum
informal off the cuff, on the spur of the moment, off the top of one's head, just like that, at the drop of a hat
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin ex tempore 'on the spur of the moment' (literally 'out of the time').
This word is from Latin ex tempore ‘on the spur of the moment’ (literally ‘out of the time’).