extemporize

Definition

To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.

Etymology

From extempore + -ize.

Example Sentences

• ""Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . . "It's nobody's, miss." "Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?""
• "But while some of his predecessors liked to extemporize, Obama prefers the message to be just so."
• "As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes."

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