extemporize
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extemporize
verb extemporizes · extemporizing · extemporized · extemporise
- To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. "Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . . "It's nobody's, miss." "Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?"
- To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner. As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes.
Similar: improvise, think on one's feet, devise
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verb
Similar: improvise, think on one's feet, devise
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verb to act, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought
| Deutsch | extemporieren |
|---|---|
| Italiano | parlare a braccio, improvvisare |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοσχεδιάζω aftoschediázo |
| Русский | импровизи́ровать improvizírovatʹ |
Talk about this word "extemporize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/extemporize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. extemporize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/extemporize "extemporize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/extemporize.Cite this
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title = {extemporize},
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