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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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17 words match “EXTEMPORANEOUS”

EXTEMPORANEOUS a.
ment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.
DEBATING n.
Debating society or club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.
EXTEMPORAL a.
Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.]
EXTEMPORANEAN a.
Extemporaneous. [Obs] Burton.
EXTEMPORARILY adv.
Extemporaneously.
EXTEMPORARY a.
Extemporaneous. "In extemporary prayer." Fuller.
EXTEMPORE adv.
t previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a.
IMPROMPTU adv. 2 definitions
Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.
IMPROVISATION n.
The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.
IMPROVISATORIAL; IMPROVISATORY a.
Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition.
IMPROVISE v. 2 definitions
To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
IMPROVISO a.
Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous. [Obs.] Jonhson.
IMPROVVISATORE n.
One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously. [Written also improvisatore.]
MAGISTRAL a.
Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines. Dunglison. Magistral line (Fort.), the guiding line, or outline, or outline, by which the form of the work is determined. It is usually the crest line of the parapet in fieldworks, or the top line of th…
MYRIOLOGUE n.
An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend. [Modern Greece]
OFFHAND a.
Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses. -- adv.
PRAYER n.
ion; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers. He made those excellent prayers which were published immediately after his death. Bp. Fell. Prayer book, a book containing devotional prayers. -- Prayer meeting, a meeting or gather…