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improvisatory

[im-pruh-vahy-zuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -viz-uh-] / ˌɪm prəˈvaɪ zəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ˈvɪz ə- /






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Her writing, always full of jokes and wordplay, is inquisitive, improvisatory and a bit maudlin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The three leads can still, when given room, generate an anything-can-happen vibe, even if the improvisatory pearls are in short supply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

There were decades of traveling the world giving improvisatory keyboard recitals that sometimes included all-night organ recitals in Gothic French cathedrals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025

The artist, now 89, draws from the improvisatory impulses of jazz, the power of Abstract Expressionism, the eclectic excessiveness of assemblage and the academic classicism of Renaissance painting.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

Then, out of this run-of-the-mill swing exuberance, something emerges that is new in its sound, new in its execution and new in its improvisatory style.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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