vb -libs, -libbing, -libbed
to improvise and deliver without preparation (a speech, musical performance, etc.)
adj (ad lib when predicative)
improvised; impromptu
adv ad lib
1. without restraint; freely
2. (Music / Classical Music) Music short for ad libitum
n, an improvised performance, often humorous
[short for Latin ad libitum, literally: according to pleasure]
ad-libber n
- Sometimes, being in an ad-lib situation is the best way.
- Every time he got me out of trouble with a brilliant ad-lib.
- He is rather disjointed when he ad-libs.
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