Impromptu \Im*promp"tu\, adv. or a. [F. impromptu, fr. L. in
promptu in readiness, at hand; in in + promptus visibility,
readiness, from promptus visible, ready. See Prompt.]
Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore;
as, an impromptu verse.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impromptu \Im*promp"tu\, n.
1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without
previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or
remark.
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2. (Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a
composition in the style of an extempore piece.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
impromptu
adj : with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib
comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous
piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore
skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses";
"trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an
off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn:
ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore,
offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed]
n 1: an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must
not sound premeditated"
2: a short musical passage that seems to have been made
spontaneously without advance preparation
adv : without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" [syn: ad lib,
ad libitum, spontaneously]
WordNet (r) 2.0
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "impromptu":
ad lib, ad libitum, ad-lib, ad-libbing, arrangement,
at short notice, at sight, by ear, cadenza, caught napping,
caught off balance, caught short, extemporaneous, extemporaneously,
extemporaneousness, extemporarily, extemporariness, extemporary,
extempore, extemporization, extemporized, flourish, haphazard,
hasty, hot lick, improvisation, improvisatorial, improvise,
improvised, improvision, improviso, interpolation, jury-rig,
jury-rigged, lick, makeshift, measure, off the cuff, off the hip,
off-the-cuff, offhand, on sight, out of hand, playing by ear,
precipitate, pro tempore, quick, riff, rough-and-ready, snap,
stopgap, surprised, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares,
temporary arrangement, temporary measure, tripped up, unarranged,
unbegun, unconcocted, uncontrived, undeliberated, undevised,
unhatched, unmade, unmanufactured, unorganized, unplanned,
unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unready, unrehearsed,
unstudied, vamp
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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