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IMPROMPTU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extemporaneous speech or remark
Example:
a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("impromptu" is a kind of...):
address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("impromptu" is a kind of...):
musical passage; passage (a short section of a musical composition)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With little or no preparation or forethought
Example:
a few unrehearsed comments
Synonyms:
ad-lib; extemporaneous; extemporary; extempore; impromptu; off-the-cuff; offhand; offhanded; unrehearsed
Classified under:
Similar:
unprepared (without preparation; not prepared for)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without advance preparation
Example:
he spoke ad lib
Synonyms:
ad lib; ad libitum; impromptu; spontaneously
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