extemporarily

1. 1.

   without prior preparation

   “he spoke extemporaneously”

   Synonymsextemporaneouslyextempore

Questions about extemporarily

What does extemporarily mean?

extemporarily means "without prior preparation".

How many syllables are in extemporarily?

extemporarily has 6 syllables: ex-tem-po-ra-ri-ly. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for extemporarily?

Close synonyms include extemporaneously, extempore. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is extemporarily a common word?

extemporarily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.