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extemporaneousness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being extemporaneous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the degree or property of being extemporaneous

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Examples

  • One day there came a note from the editor requiring me to write ten pages on this revolting text: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."

    Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

  • I seldom say a harsh word to any one, but I was not master of myself then, and I spoke right out and called him an anisodactylous plesiosaurian conchyliaceous Ornithorhyneus, and rotten to the heart with holophotal subterranean extemporaneousness.

    Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

  • "Then for the sake of the family, if you have no feeling for me, you ought at least to allow me overtime on that word extemporaneousness."

    Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

  • He read it: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."

    Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910

  • "Then for the sake of the family, if you have no feeling for me, you ought at least to allow me overtime on that word extemporaneousness."

    Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872

  • One day there came a note from the editor requiring me to write ten pages -- on this revolting text: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."

    Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872

  • I seldom say a harsh word to any one, but I was not master of myself then, and I spoke right out and called him an anisodactylous plesiosaurian conchyliaceous Ornithorhyncus, and rotten to the heart with holoaophotal subterranean extemporaneousness.

    Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872

  • There is also a great deal in that self-possessed extemporaneousness which a man carries in his pocket on a sheet of paper.

    Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Various 1870

  • Jobs, who died of pancreatic cancer October 5, at the age of 56, was known for being a visionary, but Jobs' extemporaneousness answer to a random question about Apple's future on this clip is jaw-dropping.

    Forbes.com: News Brian Caulfield 2011

  • He read it: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the

    Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872

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