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/ɪmprˈɑmptu/ Listen

noun

Impromptu n.

Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.

(Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.

adverb

Impromptu adv., adj. Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.

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Etymology of 'Impromptu'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Impromptu" Quotes from Famous Books

... large earthenware jug of water served the whole party. Yet this man was the owner of several square miles of land, of which nearly every acre would produce corn, and, with a little trouble, all the common vegetables. The evening was spent in smoking, with a little impromptu singing, accompanied by the guitar. The signoritas all sat together in one corner of the room, and did not sup with ...

— A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World - The Voyage Of The Beagle • Charles Darwin

... you would." Karlov set the candle on Kitty's impromptu stepladder. "We saw your interest in the affair, and attacked you on that side. You had seen me once. Being a newspaper writer—the New York kind—you would not rest until you learned who I was. You ...

— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath

... morning we were up with the first streak of dawn. It was with some curiosity that I looked round at our impromptu dwelling and its surroundings, upon which we had descended in total obscurity the night before. The position of our camping-place was not badly chosen; we were just within the girdle of forest above which rises the grassy Alpen. ...

— Round About the Carpathians • Andrew F. Crosse

... have been realized It was just after one of these unlucky Carnivals—almost before the strict fast-days were past, when a certain Nicolo Musso opened a theatre outside the Porta del Popolo, where he stated his intention of putting nothing but light impromptu comic sketches on the boards. The advertisement was drawn up in an ingenious and witty style, and consequently the Romans formed a favourable preconception of Musso's enterprise; but independently ...

— Weird Tales. Vol. I • E. T. A. Hoffmann

... ever offered him such a chance to say the right thing wrongly or the wrong thing first. It was a fascinating topic. Other Premiers had done such things off-hand, almost impromptu as it seemed, and inspired by merely patriotic sentiment. This was a notice that the Premier of Canada could speak his mind in advance, or if he so preferred, wait till the Conference of Premiers opened and spring a surprise. Meighen lost no time in deciding to prepare for the ...

— The Masques of Ottawa • Domino

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