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extempore

[ik-stem-puh-ree] / ɪkˈstɛm pə ri /
ADJECTIVE
offhand
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Extempore verses are certainly the very touch-stone of genius.

From The Pretentious Young Ladies by Molière

With Finegas, Finn learned the three things that make a poet, and they are Fire of Song, and Light of Knowledge, and the Art of Extempore Recitation.

From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen

The discussion has been somewhat confused by the misuse of the word Extempore.

From The Prayer Book Explained by Jackson, Percival

I have known a Woman branch out into a long Extempore Dissertation upon the Edging of a Petticoat, and chide her Servant for breaking a China Cup, in all the Figures of Rhetorick.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Extempore Remarks The great theme so deeply and solemnly expounded by the preacher, has been exemplified in all ages, but chiefly in the great crises of nations or of the human race.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker




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