extemporaneous
/ek-stem-puh-RAY-nee-us/adjectivespoken or done without preparation
“Her extemporaneous answer outshone every rehearsed speech.”
- Synonyms
- impromptu, unrehearsed, offhand
- Antonyms
- rehearsed, scripted
- Root
- temp- (time)
- Memory hook
- ex tempore (out of the time): made up in the moment.
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