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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Extemporary \Ex*tem"po*ra*ry\, a.
     1. Extemporaneous. ``In extemporary prayer.'' --Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs.]
        ``Extemporary habitations.'' --Maundrell.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Extemporary \Ex*tem"po*ra*ry\, a.
     1. Extemporaneous. ``In extemporary prayer.'' --Fuller.
  
     2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs.]
        ``Extemporary habitations.'' --Maundrell.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  extemporary
       adj : with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib
             comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous
             piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore
             skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses";
             "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an
             off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn:
              ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu,
             offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  extemporary
     a.
     extemporaneous.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  extemporary
     a.
     extemporaneous.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  extemporary
     a.
     extemporaneous.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  extemporary
     a.
     extemporaneous.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  extemporary /ɛkstˈɛmpəɹəɹi/ 
  nouzový

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  extemporary /ɛkstˈɛmpəɹəɹi/
  improvisiert, unvorbereitet, extemporiert , aus dem Stegreif

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  extemporary /ɛkstˈɛmpəɹəɹi/
  1. rögtönzött
  2. hevenyészett
  3. rögtönzô

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  extemporary /ɛkstˈɛmpəɹəɹi/
  1. irticalen yapılan veya söylenen, evvelce düşünülüp hazırlanmamış. extemporar'ily  irticalen.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 无准备的

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