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Impromptu

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Noun

1. impromptu

an extemporaneous speech or remark

Example Sentences:
'a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated'

2. impromptu

a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation

Adjective

3. ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed

with little or no preparation or forethought

Example Sentences:
'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'

Adverb

4. ad lib, ad libitum, impromptu, spontaneously

without advance preparation

Example Sentences:
'he spoke ad lib'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Impromptu

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adjective
1. 
unrehearsed; spontaneous; extempore
2. 
produced or done without care or planning; improvised
adverb
3. 
in a spontaneous or improvised way
he spoke impromptu
noun
4. 
something that is impromptu
5. 
a short piece of instrumental music, sometimes improvisatory in character

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Impromptu

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adjective, adverb
1. 
without preparation or advance thought; offhand
noun
2. 
an impromptu speech, performance, etc.

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Impromptu

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adj.
1. Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance: an impromptu party.
2. Spoken, performed, done, or composed with little or no preparation; extemporaneous: a few impromptu remarks.
adv.
With little or no preparation; extemporaneously.
n.
1. Something, such as a speech, that is made or done extemporaneously.
2. Music A short composition, especially for the piano, performed in an offhand or extemporized style.

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