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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment;

e.g. In the South, a Thanksgiving blessing usually involves some extemporaneous praying by someone who knows how.

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Similar Words

Ad-lib

And

Half-cocked

Impromptu

Nondeliberate

Nonpurposive

Off-the-cuff

Offhand

Reactive

Snap

Spur-of-the-moment

The

Uncalculated

Unconsidered

Unplanned

Unpremeditated

Unprepared

Unrehearsed

Unscripted

Unstudied

Visceral

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Opposite Words

Advised

Affected

Aforethought

Artificial

Assumed

Bogus

Calculated

Conscious

Considered

Contrived

Cutesy

Deliberate

Factitious

Fake

False

Feigned

Forced

Intended

Intentional

Measured

Mechanical

Mock

Phony

Plastic

Premeditated

Premeditative

Prepense

Pseudo

Purposeful

Purposive

Put-on

Set

Sham

Simulated

Spurious

Strained

Studied

Thoughtful

Unnatural

Voluntary

Willed

Willful

Witting

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Related Words

Automatic

Casual

Cursive

Half-baked

Half-cocked

Ill-advised

Impulsive

Informal

Instinctive

Involuntary

Knee

Knee-jerk

Mechanic

Mechanical

Spontaneous

Unauthorized

Unscripted

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