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extemporaneously

[ik-stem-puh-ray-nee-uhs-lee] / ɪkˌstɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs li /
ADVERB
without preparation
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The vice president has the facility to speak candidly and extemporaneously.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024

In a self-filmed four-minute video posted across all his social media on Monday, he paced and spoke seemingly extemporaneously about some of the backlash he’s received for his playful manipulation of religious imagery and themes.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

The comment about Mongolia was unscripted and added extemporaneously at the audience for the ITA staff.

From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2023

In reality, Newsom is a talented orator — often long-winded, he admits, but a politician who projects passion and offers straight talk, especially when speaking extemporaneously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

He had a beautiful way of speaking—sentences and whole paragraphs just seemed to flow extemporaneously, organically.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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