extemporaneous
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Extemporaneous spokesmen were prone to end elliptical sentences with hopeful gestures of the hand and those who had prepared their talks showed a marked propensity for digression.
From Time Magazine Archive
Extemporaneous speeches were made on street corners and from atop coffee tables.
From Time Magazine Archive
Extemporaneous prayer follows; then another hymn; then, unless the Church service has been previously used, the reading of portions of the Scriptures; then an extemporaneous sermon, and the worship is concluded with singing and prayer.
From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Extemporaneous Speech Surely this is the ideal method of delivery.
From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale
Extemporaneous speaking is putting spontaneously into words what has previously been well thought out and well arranged.
From Public Speaking by Winter, Irvah Lester
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