impromptuly

impromptuly

English

Etymology

From impromptu +‎ -ly.

Adverb

impromptuly (comparative more impromptuly, superlative most impromptuly)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) In an impromptu manner; impromptu.
    • 1903 April, “Society Meetings”, in American Veterinary Review, page 662:
      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.
    • 1992, Jean K. Cadogan, editor, Wadsworth Atheneum Paintings II: Italy and Spain, Fourteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, New York: Hudson Hills Press, page 87:
      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.
    • 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:
      Other times the interviewer wants to gauge how well you think on your feet and respond impromptuly, which often relays more of your personality.
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