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Adjective: ad-lib ad 'lib- With little or no preparation or forethought
"his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"
- extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed - Said or done without having been planned or written in advance
"he made a few ad-lib remarks"
- spontaneous, unwritten
Noun: ad-lib ad 'lib- Remark made spontaneously without prior preparation
"his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
Verb: ad-lib (ad-libbed,ad-libbing) ad 'lib- Perform without preparation
- improvise, improvize [non-standard], extemporize, extemporise [Brit]
Adverb: ad lib ad 'lib- Without advance preparation
"he spoke ad lib"
- ad libitum, spontaneously, impromptu
Derived forms: ad-libs, ad-libbed, ad-libbing See also: unprepared, unscripted Type of: comment, do, execute, input, perform, remark Encyclopedia: Ad lib Ad-lib |