Something that’s "extempore" (ik-STEM-puh-ree) – Latin for "out of the time" – is done on the spur of the moment, without preparation.
Example (as used by Robert Harris in Archangel: "Kelso had already delivered his short paper… at the end of the previous day: delivered it in his trademark style – without notes, with one hand in his pocket, extempore, provocative."
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