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Synonyms for extempore


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ik-stem-puh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɛm pə ri



Définition of extempore

Origin :
  • 1550s (adv.), 1630s (n.), from Latin phrase ex tempore "offhand, in accordance with (the needs of) the moment," literally "out of time," from ex "out of" (see ex-) + tempore, ablative of tempus (genitive temporis) "time" (see temporal). Of speaking, strictly "without preparation, without time to prepare," but now often with a sense merely of "without notes or a teleprompter."
  • adj offhand
Example sentences :
  • In his discourses he was neither an extempore preacher, nor did he read.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • It was that night Tony's extempore prayer was echoed so earnestly by his aunt.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • All works of art should not be detached, but extempore performances.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Carpenters were at work converting the library into an extempore theatre.
  • Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley
  • And now Pastor Tappau began his prayer, extempore, as was the custom.
  • Extract from : « Curious, if True » by Elizabeth Gaskell
  • The smoked, extempore fireplace where a party cooked their fish.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 » by Various
  • It is not a natural gift, an extempore thing like authorship and song.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in Arcady » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • The prayer was extempore, and roused the girls to amazed attention.
  • Extract from : « Betty Vivian » by L. T. Meade
  • In a few moments the doors opened and revealed an extempore stage.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew
  • Being strollers in the streets, we delight in this extempore illumination.
  • Extract from : « Saunterings in and about London » by Max Schlesinger

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