on-the-spot
- behind the eight ball adj.
- defenseless adj.
- exposed adj.
- extemporaneous adj.
- extemporaneous/extemporary adj.
- instant adj.
- off-the-cuff adj.
- on call adj.
- pregnable adj.
- present adj.
- risky adj.
- snappy adj.
- split second adj.
- spur-of-the-moment adj.
- vincible adj.
- vulnerable adj.
- here adv.
- immediately adv.
- out on a limb adv.
- summarily adv.
- jeopardy n.
Example Sentences
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Most of all, I’d leave room in the itinerary for on-the-spot finds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Liu practiced in the dress and McKinnon was able to make on-the-spot adjustments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
As we were with Mr Hong, whose boat capsized earlier this year, a team of government inspectors arrived to carry out a series of on-the-spot checks on two of his other vessels.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
They could search for injured and trapped people in an earthquake or a collapsed building, for example, and apply on-the-spot care, such as administering CPR.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
From 145th Street to 149th Street, policemen had blocked off all automobile traffic except for their own cars, the newspapers’ cars, and the equipment trucks for radio and television on-the-spot coverage.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
