impromptuly
advEtymology From impromptu + -ly.
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Nonstandard, Rare In an impromptu manner; impromptu.
- The method adopted at Ottawa appears to have been spontaneous for lack of the assigned surgeons to fulfill their engagements, and it proved extremely interesting and profitable to all who were present, not alone in the examinations and diagnoses, but from the discussions which were brought out impromptuly by the conditions as they arose.1903 April 23, “Society Meetings”, in American Veterinary Review, page 662:
- Pearce reads the latter as a shirt worn backwards, over the shoulder, with the loose sleeve impromptuly tied to the shirttail at the waist and elaborated by the artist into a bow.1992, Jean K. Cadogan, editor, Wadsworth Atheneum Paintings II: Italy and Spain, Fourteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, New York: Hudson Hills Press, page 87:
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- Other times the interviewer wants to gauge how well you think on your feet and respond impromptuly, which often relays more of your personality.2015, Kelli J. Donahue, Securing an Internship in the Sport Industry: Promoting Your Professional Brand in Your Application Materials, Networking Opportunities, & Interviews, 2nd paperback edition, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, page 151: