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Ad-lib

Ad-lib Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ad-lib? [n] remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians" [adv] without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" [adj] with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [adj] said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [v] perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ad-lib: ad libitum \| extemporaneous \| extemporary \| extempore \| extemporise \| extemporize \| impromptu \| improvise \| improvize \| offhand \| offhanded \| off-the-cuff \| spontaneous \| spontaneously \| unprepared \| unrehearsed \| unscripted \| unwritten Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ad-lib: a beneplacito \| a discretion \| ad arbitrium \| ad-libbing \| al piacere \| arrangement \| at choice \| at pleasure \| at short notice \| at sight \| at will \| be caught napping \| be surprised \| be taken unawares \| be unprepared \| by ear \| caught napping \| caught off balance \| caught short \| cook up \| dash off \| disqualification \| do offhand \| extemporaneous \| extemporaneously \| extemporaneousness \| extemporarily \| extemporariness \| extemporary \| extempore \| extemporization \| extemporize \| extemporized \| fake \| go off half-cocked \| haphazard \| hasty \| have no plan \| impromptu \| improvisate \| improvisation \| improvisatorial \| improvise \| improvised \| improvision \| improviso \| incapability \| incompetence \| jury-rig \| jury-rigged \| knock off \| lack of preparation \| lash up \| make up \| makeshift \| measure \| nonpreparation \| nonpreparedness \| off the cuff \| off the hip \| offhand \| off-the-cuff \| on sight \| out of hand \| planlessness \| play by ear \| playing by ear \| precipitate \| pro tempore \| rough-and-ready \| scrap the plan \| snap \| stopgap \| strike off \| surprised \| taken aback \| taken by surprise \| taken unawares \| temporary arrangement \| temporary measure \| throw off \| throw together \| toss off \| toss out \| tripped up \| unarranged \| unbegun \| unconcocted \| uncontrived \| undeliberated \| undevised \| unfitness \| unfittedness \| unforced \| unhatched \| unmade \| unmanufactured \| unorganized \| unplanned \| unpremeditated \| unprepared \| unpreparedness \| unprimed \| unqualification \| unqualifiedness \| unreadiness \| unready \| unrehearsed \| unstudied \| unsuitability \| unsuitableness \| unsuitedness \| vamp \| vulnerability \| whip up \| whomp up \| wing it \| without coercion See Also \| comment \| do \| execute \| perform \| remark

Ad-lib Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ad-lib?

[n] remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
[adv] without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"
[adj] with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"
[adj] said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks"
[v] perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"

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