English-Thai Dictionary

extemporary

ADJ โดยฉับพลัน  ซึ่ง ไม่ได้ เตรียม มา ก่อน  extemporaneous offhand doi-chab-plan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTEMPORARY

a.[L. ex and temporius, from tempus, time. ] Composed, performed or uttered without previous study or preparation. [See Extemporaneous. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTEMPORARY

EXTEMPORARY Ex *tem "po *ra *ry, a.

 

1. Extemporaneous. "In extemporary prayer. " Fuller.

 

2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs. ] "Extemporary habitations." Maundrell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extemporary

ex tem po rar y |ikˈstempəˌrerē ɪkˈstɛmpərɛri | ▶adjective another term for extemporaneous. DERIVATIVES ex tem po rar i ly |ikˌstempəˈrerəlē |adverb, ex tem po rar i ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from extempore, on the pattern of temporary .

 

Oxford Dictionary

extemporary

extemporary |ɪkˈstɛmp (ə )(rə )ri, ɛk- | ▶adjective spoken or done without preparation: an extemporary prayer. DERIVATIVES extemporarily adverb, extemporariness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from extempore, on the pattern of temporary .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

extemporary, extemporaneous

extemporary, extemporaneous adjective See extempore.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

extemporary, extemporaneous

extemporary, extemporaneous adjective a member of the audience made notes of his extemporaneous address: extempore, impromptu, spontaneous, unscripted, ad lib, on-the-spot; improvised, improvisatory, unrehearsed, unplanned, unprepared, unarranged, unpremeditated; makeshift, thrown together, cobbled together; informal off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment, off the top of one's head. ANTONYMS rehearsed, planned.