impromptu
About 0.82 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Improvised; without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.
an impromptu speech
- adverb Extemporaneously; without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.
happened impromptu
- noun A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- noun Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
- verb To compose offhand.
Similar words
ad lib spur-of-the-moment spontaneously ad libitum unprepared extemporaneous off-the-cuff ad-hoc improvised makeshift
Often followed by
speech and speeches speaking in meeting de dance press
Word family
impromptus
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