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Definition of ad lib in English English dictionary

<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
To perform extemporaneously

She ad libbed the rest of the scene.

<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
Extemporaneous, impromptu
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to whatever extent
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
extemporaneously
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
at pleasure
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
To perform without script
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
To perform without preparation
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
at will
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
Also known as free choice Sufficient feed is made available at all times to enable the animal to eat as much as it can eat
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
Extemporaneous delivery without relying on a prepared script
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
To improvise lines of a speech
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
spontaneously, on the spur of the moment, without advance preparation
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib
<span class="word-self">adspan> <span class="word-self">libspan>
pharmaceutical abbreviation, as much as wanted (ad libitum)
ad lib

    Etymology

    () abbreviation of ad libitum, from New Latin ad libitum.

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