Today's Word "extemporaneous"
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extemporaneous \ek-stem-puh-RAY-nee-us\ (adjective) - 1 : Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; impromptu. 2: Prepared beforehand but delivered without notes or text. 3 : Skilled at or given to extemporaneous speech. 4 : Provided, made, or put to use as an expedient; makeshift.
"In fact, his particular strength may well have been improvisation, and he may not have been interested in committing the results of his extemporaneous performances to paper." -- Christoph Wolff, 'Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician'
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