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adlibbing

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ad-lib

  [ad-lib, ad-] verb, -libbed, -lib⋅bing, adjective
Use adlibbing in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
ad-libber, noun
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ad–lib
Pronunciation: (')ad-'lib
Function: adjective
: made or done spontaneously : not controlled by a schedule<ad–lib feeding of animals>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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