Me : I'd like a sidebar with that thought, please.
Can someone please tell me what "persistent partial attention" is?
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is extemporaneous
| source : web1913 |
Extemporaneous \Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [See {Extempore}.]
Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or
without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore;
extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. --
{Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness},n.
| source : wn |
extemporaneous
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"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded
and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few
unrehearsed comments" [syn: {ad-lib}, {extemporary}, {extempore},
{offhand}, {offhanded}, {off-the-cuff}, {unrehearsed}]