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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: ad lib, ad libitum, spontaneously, spur-of-the-moment, unprepared
See Also: address, musical passage, passage, speech
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