Meanings
- not comparableIn an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
Near-synonyms: improvisationally, provisionally, at will, at pleasure
2 more examples
Considering that he was speaking extemporaneously, he covered the subject pretty well.
She recounted that while speaking extemporaneously during a livestream, she mentioned her twice-weekly housekeeper who “cleans the toilets.”
2021 April 29, Katherine Rosman, “Girl, Wash Your Timeline”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: ex tempore, extempore, ad lib, impromptu, on the fly, cold, improvisationally, provisionally
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwithout prior preparation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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extemporaneously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extemporaneously
“extemporaneously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extemporaneously. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extemporaneously,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extemporaneously.
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