About The Word Impromptu
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Impromptu
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What's The Definition Of Impromptu?
[n] an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"
[n] a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation [adv] without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" [adj] in response to an unforeseen need; "an impromptu speech"; "a spur-of-the-moment party" Synonyms | Synonyms for Impromptu: ad lib | ad libitum | spontaneously | spur-of-the-moment | unprepared Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | offhand | off-the-cuff | 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 See Also | address | musical passage | passage | speech Impromptu In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Im*promp"tu\, n. 1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark. 2. (Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece. |
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