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ad-lib [ædˈlɪb] vb -libs, -libbing, -libbed to improvise and deliver without preparation (a speech, musical performance, etc.) adj (ad lib when predicative) improvised; impromptu adv ad lib 1. without restraint; freely 2. (Music / Classical Music) Music short for ad libitum n
an improvised performance, often humorous [short for Latin ad libitum, literally: according to pleasure] ad-libber n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
ad-lib verb improvise, speak off the cuff, vamp, busk, wing it (informal), extemporize, speak extemporaneously, speak impromptu He is rather disjointed when he ad-libs. adjective improvised, made up, impromptu, unprepared, off-the-cuff (informal), unrehearsed, extempore, off the top of your head, extemporaneous, extemporized Sometimes, being in an ad-lib situation is the best way. noun improvisation, makeshift, impromptu comment, expedient Every time he got me out of trouble with a brilliant ad-lib. adverb off the cuff, spontaneously, impromptu, extempore, off the top of your head (informal), without preparation, extemporaneously, without rehearsal I spoke from the pulpit ad-lib. Translations ad-lib [ædˈlɪb] 1. vt & vi → improvvisare 2. n → improvvisazione f 3. adj → improvvisato/a, estemporaneo/a 4. adv (speak) → a piacere How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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James Woods as Sebastian Stark, a former hotshot defense lawyer now
working for the DA's office, ad-libs a comic insult toward the
judge each time. Then I play the Otis version, with its obviously joyful, sexual but
also slyly ironic response to the old fogey standard in which, as the
liner notes indicate, "[Otis] can't quite bring himself to say
'May all your Christmases be white' the first time through, so
he gently stammers and ad-libs his way around it in a clever,
horn-spurred turnaround until he can make his hidden agenda perfectly
clear. He's even worse when he ad-libs, which
he did a great deal. |
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