All improvisatory synonyms
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I i adj improvisatory
- unrehearsed — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
- ad hoc — An ad hoc activity or organization is done or formed only because a situation has made it necessary and is not planned in advance.
- automatic — An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.
- casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- immediate — occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.
- impromptu — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- made-up — concocted; falsely fabricated or invented: a made-up story.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- off the cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- offhand — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- snap — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- unplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- unpremeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- unprepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
- unstudied — not studied; not premeditated or labored; natural; unaffected.
- spur-of-the-moment — occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
- by ear — without reading from written music
- improv — improvisation.
- jamming — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- on-the-spot — done or occurring at the time or place in question: an on-the-spot recording.
- ad-lib — If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand.
- fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- unrehearsed — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
- autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
- toss off — to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly: to toss a piece of paper into the wastebasket.
- improvised — made or said without previous preparation: an improvised skit.
adjective improvisatory
- expedient — (of an action) Convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral.
- extempore — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extemporary — Extemporaneous.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.