currente calamo
adverb
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Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləməʊ/ / /kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləmoʊ/
adv
Etymology: From New Latin currente calamō (“with the pen running on”).
- Without deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.
“His letter […] was written, currente calamo, with very little trouble.”
“And these things he had achieved currente calamo, “wielding his pen,” as Scott said of Byron, “with the easy negligence of a nobleman.””