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ad-lib

  (ăd'lĭb')

v., -libbed, -lib·bing, -libs.

v.tr.

To improvise and deliver extemporaneously.

v.intr.

To engage in improvisation, as during delivery of a speech.

n. (ăd'lĭb')

Words, music, or actions uttered, performed, or carried out extemporaneously.

adj.

Uttered, performed, or carried out spontaneously. See synonyms at extemporaneous.

adlibber ad-lib'ber n.
 
 
Thesaurus: ad-lib

verb

    To compose or recite without preparation: extemporize, fake, improvise, make up. Idioms: wing it. See planned/unplanned, prepared/unprepared.

noun

    Something improvised: extemporization, impromptu, improvisation. See planned/unplanned, prepared/unprepared.

adjective

    Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought: extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, snap, spur-of-the-moment, unrehearsed. Informal off-the-cuff. See prepared/unprepared.

 
Antonyms: ad-lib

adj

Definition: improvised
Antonyms: deliberate, planned, prepared, rehearsed, written

adv

Definition: improvised
Antonyms: deliberately, planned, prepared, rehearsed, written

v

Definition: improvise speech
Antonyms: plan, prepare, rehearse, write


 
is short for:

Meaning Category
Ad LibitumInternational->Latin
As desiredMedical->Physiology
At Pleasure, As DesiredCommunity->Music

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Latin Phrase: ad lib.

at pleasure (ad libitum)

 
 

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