adverb
- in a manner done or spoken without preparation or planning; impromptu or off-the-cuff
Usage: formal or literary usage; often used in academic or professional contexts
Examples
- The speaker addressed the audience extemporally after the prepared remarks were cut short.
- She performed the piano piece extemporally, improvising variations on the original melody.
- He extemporally composed a poem to celebrate the occasion.
- The jazz musicians played extemporally, responding to each other's improvisations.
- The professor answered the difficult question extemporally without consulting her notes.