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Ad lib   /æd lɪb/   Listen
Ad lib

adverb
1.
Without advance preparation.  Synonyms: ad libitum, impromptu, spontaneously.






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"Ad lib" Quotes from Famous Books



... fellow would think (to 'ear him) we were on the square! And look 'ere, you've put this job up 'ansomely for me, 'aven't you? I'm to go on deck and steer while you two sit and guzzle, and I'm to go by nickname, and got to call you "sir" and "mister." Well, you look here, my bloke: I'll have fizz ad lib., or it won't wash. I tell you that. And you know mighty well, you ain't got ...
— The Ebb-Tide - A Trio And Quartette • Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

... adj.; want preparation, lack preparation; lie fallow; s'embarquer sans biscuits [Fr.]; live from hand to mouth. [Render unprepared] dismantle &c (render useless) 645; undress &c 226. extemporize, improvise, ad lib. Adj. unprepared &c (prepare); &c; 673; without preparation &c 673; incomplete &c 53; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature, unripe, kachcha^, raw, green, crude; coarse; rough cast, rough hewn; in the rough; unhewn^, unformed, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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