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71cold — adj 1. heatless, sunless, cool, chill, chilly, nippy, unheated, unwarmed; frigid, icy, algid, gelid, freezing, ice cold; frosty, wintry, brumal, hibernal, snowy, hoary, rimy; arctic, glacial, polar, hyperborean, hyperboreal, Siberian; bitter,… …
72offhand — adv 1. impromptu, extemporaneously, extempore, improvisationally; without notes, without preparation, at the drop of a hat, on the spur of the moment. 2. informally, unceremoniously, without ceremony; nonchalantly, casually, easily, offhandedly;… …
73blindly — adverb 1. without seeing or looking (Freq. 4) he felt around his desk blindly • Derived from adjective: ↑blind 2. without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis (Freq. 1) they bought the car blindly he picked a wife bli …
74extempore — 1. adjective carried out with no preparation; impromptu 2. adverb without preparation; extemporaneously 3. noun Something improvised …
75ex tempore — 1. adjective carried out with no preparation; impromptu 2. adverb without preparation; extemporaneously 3. noun Something improvised …
76ad-lib — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v., informal, extemporize, improvise. See unpreparedness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. improvise, extemporize, make up; see invent 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To compose or recite without… …
77extemporaneous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unpremeditated, spontaneous, extempore, improvised, impromptu, offhand, unprepared. See impulse, unpreparedness. Ant., planned, rehearsed. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. spontaneous, unpremeditated,… …
78off the cuff — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without preparing ahead of time what you will, say; without preparation. * /Some presidents like to speak off the cuff to newspaper reporters but others prefer to think questions over and write their answers./ …
79off the cuff — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without preparing ahead of time what you will, say; without preparation. * /Some presidents like to speak off the cuff to newspaper reporters but others prefer to think questions over and write their answers./ …
80Extempore — Ex*tem po*re, adv. [L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See {Temporal}.] Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. a. Done or performed …
