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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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"Impromptu" Quotes from Famous Books

... Written impromptu, on reading the following passage in Mr. Capel Lofft's beautiful and interesting Preface to Nathaniel Bloomfield's Poems, just published:—"It has a mixture of the sportive, which deepens the impression of its melancholy close. ...

— The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White - With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas • Henry Kirke White

... a happily-adapted recollection than the actual impromptu of a boy of nine. But another, in which, after a painful silence, he replied to the brutal enquiry of a ne'er-do-well relative as to when he meant to grow handsome, by saying that he would do so when the speaker grew good,—is ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith • Oliver Goldsmith

... person must have tumbled to William as well, for he increased the revolutions to one hundred and forty per minute and broke into a shrill lullaby of his own impromptu composition:— ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 26, 1917 • Various

... baseball had been devoted to athletics, was crowded and inconvenient, even for practice games; while the old fair grounds in the southeastern part of the city were not under University control, besides being ill-adapted to college games. The streets and Campus were popular for impromptu games, although the arm of the law was unduly active in the spring, and "the batting of balls" was conspicuously forbidden on a sign which long decorated the south wall of the Museum. The Regents recognized this need of a great playground, however, and purchased what is ...

— The University of Michigan • Wilfred Shaw

... and blistered from being so much in the salt water, and the action of the hot sun on them made them excessively painful. Fortunately, but little exertion was now necessary, and our only relief was in lying still, with an impromptu awning over us. General Breckinridge took charge of the water and rum, doling it out at regular intervals, a tot at a time, determined to make it last as long ...

— Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War • Various

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