as in improvised
made or done without previous thought or preparation
our dinner guest thanked us with an impromptu song
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as in improvisation
something that is performed, made, or done without preparation
although five different lines had been written, the best choice turned out to be an impromptu from the tired actor himself
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as in spontaneously
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Recent Examples of impromptu
Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Jeff Goldblum shocked passersby with an impromptu piano performance at London’s St. Pancras International train station on Wednesday, in celebration of the release of Wicked.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
But that simply meant more creative family vacations to his filming locations, and even an impromptu family vacation to Venice.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
That’s how her grandparents found themselves at one of many impromptu parking lot markets that had popped up, only to be cheated by a West German salesman into paying three times the going rate for cutlery.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2024
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The pictures were all taken in what appeared to be an impromptu photoshoot outside at night.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Jeff Goldblum shocked passersby with an impromptu piano performance at London’s St. Pancras International train station on Wednesday, in celebration of the release of Wicked.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
But that simply meant more creative family vacations to his filming locations, and even an impromptu family vacation to Venice.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
That’s how her grandparents found themselves at one of many impromptu parking lot markets that had popped up, only to be cheated by a West German salesman into paying three times the going rate for cutlery.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Impromptu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impromptu. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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