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Meaning of AD LIB

Pronunciation:  ad 'lib

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
  2. [adv]  without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"
  3. [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"
  4. [adj]  said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks"
  5. [v]  perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
 
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 Synonyms: ad libitum, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, extemporise, extemporize, impromptu, improvise, improvize, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, spontaneous, spontaneously, unprepared, unrehearsed, unscripted, unwritten
 
 See Also: comment, do, execute, perform, remark

 

 

Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: This Latin term, which is frequently used in medicine, means "at pleasure".
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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