improvisationally
Making it up
In an improvised manner, without preparation or script.
The adverb describes actions taken spontaneously rather than from a plan: The comedian works improvisationally, building bits from audience suggestions.
Musicians who play improvisationally create melodies in the moment rather than from written notation.
Unscripted speech or remark
- extemporaneousDone without advance preparation
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
unplanned · on-the-spot · freestyle · winging · unscripted · instinctive · intuitive · spur-of-the-moment
Informal improvisational music gathering
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- riffingImprovising musical phrases
comping · chord changes · modal · standards · licks · noodling · vamping · soloing
Capacity for original creation
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
- originalityNovel creative quality
imagination · experimental · unconventional · whimsical · innovative · fanciful · eclectic · makeshift
Unscripted comedic performance
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- scene workRehearsing dramatic excerpts
- character workDeveloping a role's psychology
- Second CityChicago's longtime nickname
Groundlings · short-form · long-form · ensemble · callback · heightening · game · bit
ad-lib
Unscripted speech or remark
- extemporaneousDone without advance preparation
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
unrehearsed · unplanned · on-the-spot · freestyle · winging · unscripted · instinctive · intuitive · spur-of-the-moment · unprepared
jam session
Informal improvisational music gathering
riffing · comping · chord changes · modal · standards · licks · noodling · vamping · soloing · free jazz
inventiveness
Capacity for original creation
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
originality · imagination · experimental · unconventional · whimsical · innovative · fanciful · eclectic · makeshift · adaptable
improv
Unscripted comedic performance
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- scene workRehearsing dramatic excerpts
- character workDeveloping a role's psychology
Second City · Groundlings · short-form · long-form · ensemble · callback · heightening · game · bit · blocking
improvisationallyby design
Done with intent
according to plan · premeditatedly · by the book · formulaically · rigidly