extemporaneous

Definition

With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.

Etymology

From Late Latin extemporāneus, from Latin ex tempore (“impromptu”).

Example Sentences

• "My speeches in Great Britain were wholly extemporaneous, and I may not always have been so guarded in my expressions, as I otherwise should have been. I was ten years younger then than now, and only seven years from slavery."
• "“Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?”"
• "The lovely words of a prepared speech, however, cannot erase extemporaneous words and deeds, thousands of them, that have run contrary to those aspirations."

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