ad lib
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Etymology edit
Abbreviation of ad libitum, borrowed from New Latin ad libitum.
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Adverb edit
ad lib (comparative more ad lib, superlative most ad lib)
- At pleasure.
- At will.
- To whatever extent.
- 1951, Katherine Mansfield, Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922:
- For one thing I had a splendid supper when I got on board—a whack of cold, lean beef and pighells, bread, butter ad lib., tea, and plenty of good bread.
- Extemporaneously.
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at pleasure
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at will
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to whatever extent
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extemporaneously
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Adjective edit
ad lib (comparative more ad lib, superlative most ad lib)
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extemporaneous
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Verb edit
ad lib (third-person singular simple present ad libs, present participle ad libbing, simple past and past participle ad libbed)
- To perform without script.
- To perform without preparation.
- To perform extemporaneously.
- She ad libbed the rest of the scene.
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to perform without script
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to perform without preparation
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to perform extemporaneously
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