extempore

The definition of extempore is done without any preparation.

(adjective)

An example of something extempore is a speech given without any script or planning; a speech which was extempore.

See extempore in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adverb, adjective

without preparation; offhand: a speech given extempore

Origin: L, lit., out of the time < ex-, from, out of + tempore, abl. of tempus, time: see temper

See extempore in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Spoken, carried out, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought. See Synonyms at extemporaneous.

adverb

In an extemporaneous manner.

Origin:

Origin: Latin ex tempore

Origin: : ex, of; see ex-

Origin: + tempore

Origin: , ablative of tempus, time

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