| impromptu | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. impromptu | an extemporaneous speech or remark.; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated" |
| ~ speech, address | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience.; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" |
| n. (communication) | 2. impromptu | a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation. |
| ~ musical passage, passage | a short section of a musical composition. |
| adj. | 3. ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed | with little or no preparation or forethought.; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" |
| ~ unprepared | without preparation; not prepared for.; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared" |
| adv. | 4. ad lib, ad libitum, impromptu, spontaneously | without advance preparation.; "he spoke ad lib" |
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