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noun
1.
something improvised in speech, music, etc.: Was that joke part of your speech or an ad lib?
adverb
2.
at one's pleasure; without restriction.
3.
freely; as needed; without stint: Water can be given to the patients ad lib.
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Ad lib
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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verb (used with object)
1.
to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
verb (used without object)
2.
to act, speak, etc., without preparation: Throughout the play he had to ad-lib constantly.
adjective
3.
impromptu; extemporaneous: ad-lib remarks to hecklers.
Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; v. use of ad lib
1915–20, Americanism; v. use of ad lib
Related forms
ad-lib·ber, noun
ad lib.
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Word Origin & History
ad lib
1811, from L. ad libitum "at one's pleasure, as much as one likes" (c.1600), from libere "to please." First recorded as one word 1919 (v.), 1925 (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
ad lib. abbr.
Latin ad libitum (freely, as desired)
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| ad lib Latin ad libitum (at pleasure, speak without notes or scriptâthat is, an unscripted comment) |
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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