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Discover LudwigThe word 'extemporaneity' is correct and can be used in written English
It is a noun that refers to the quality or state of being done or spoken without prior preparation or thought; improvisation. Example: The politician's speech was filled with extemporaneity as he responded to impromptu questions from the audience.
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Vladimir Nabokov, a man as uncomfortable with extemporaneity as he was enamored of the public record, once suggested that his lessons at Cornell be recorded and played each term, freeing him for other activities.
Again, the slightly expanded echo he inserts on "everyone one of us," (adding in the "us" and "them" distinction that will become important in the next bit), the poetry of "compelled to spend our fleeting lives" — these are the marks not of extemporaneity, one would think, but of something carefully planned.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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