Thesaurus / extempore
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Never having known, before, how to roast an egg, I did not regret this lesson in the art of extempore cookery.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 67, NUMBER 414, APRIL, 1850VARIOUSHe spoke extempore and admirably, and could go on for a long time in that deep, appealing voice which had struck us to the soul.
Z. MARCASHONORE DE BALZACCarpenters were at work converting the library into an extempore theatre.
FRANK FAIRLEGHFRANK E. SMEDLEYCarlyle had no faith in rapid writing of any sort, any more than Daniel Webster had in extempore speaking.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME XIIIJOHN LORDPrince Albert was present, and made a very sensible and pertinent extempore speech.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. VII, DECEMBER 1850, VOL. IIVARIOUSHe not only excelled in extempore eloquence, but his peculiarities distinguished him from most other preachers.
THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIESI. PLATTSThe contrast when the good man got into the pulpit and began to pray in a borrowed, washy lingo—extempore in more senses than one!
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. II (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTBesançon preferred the paper cigarette, which he made extempore, as he required them, out of a stock of loose tobacco.
THE HUNTERS' FEASTMAYNE REIDThen she asked him to pray, but he had never offered up an extempore prayer.
SOME JEWISH WITNESSES FOR CHRISTREV. A. BERNSTEIN, B.D.He enthusiastically admired Demosthenes and Cicero, and to hear him give extempore versions of these orators was an immense treat.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONG LIFEJOHN STOUGHTONWORDS RELATED TO EXTEMPORE
- breezy
- colloquial
- congenial
- cool
- democratic
- down home
- easy
- easygoing
- everyday
- extempore
- familiar
- folksy
- frank
- free
- free-and-easy
- homey
- improv
- inconspicuous
- intimate
- laid back
- loose
- low-pressure
- mellow
- mixed
- motley
- natural
- off-the-cuff
- open
- ordinary
- relaxed
- spontaneous
- sporty
- straightforward
- throwaway
- unceremonious
- unconstrained
- unconventional
- unfussy
- unofficial
- unrestrained
- urbane
- without ceremony
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- at first glance
- automatic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extempore
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- off the cuff
- off the top of head
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- taking for ride
- thought out loud
- tossed off
- tossed out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unstudied
- winging it
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- at first glance
- automatic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extempore
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- off the cuff
- off the top of head
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- taking for ride
- thought out loud
- tossed off
- tossed out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unstudied
- winging it
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improvised
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
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