Definition of Ad lib

1. Adverb. Without advance preparation. "He spoke ad lib"


Definition of Ad lib

1. Adverb. At pleasure. ¹

2. Adverb. At will. ¹

3. Adverb. To whatever extent. ¹

4. Adverb. Extemporaneously. ¹

5. Adjective. Extemporaneous, impromptu. ¹

6. Verb. To perform without script. ¹

7. Verb. To perform without preparation. ¹

8. Verb. To perform extemporaneously. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Ad lib

1. L. Ad libitum, freely, as desired. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ad Lib

ad coelum
ad hoc
ad hoceries
ad hocery
ad hocism
ad hockeries
ad hockery
ad hominem
ad hominem argument
ad hominems
ad hominum
ad idem
ad infinitum
ad interim
ad lib
ad libbed
ad libbing
ad libitum
ad libs
ad litem
ad loc.
ad modum
ad modum Donders
ad nauseam
ad nauseum
ad referendum
ad rem
ad sat
ad seriatum

Literary usage of Ad lib

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"4 Latin Hymns, for 4 Voices with PF. ad lib. 1 This was one of Vogler*i most successful works. The choru» of Furies wo» sufficiently popular in 1821 to lead ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"(9) Clover or alfalfa silage, 30 Ibs.; hay, ad lib.; bran, 4 Ibs.; middlings, 3 Ibs.; oil-meal, 1 Ib. (10) Alfalfa hay, 20 Ibs.; oats, 4 Ibs.; corn meal, ..."

3. A Text-book of Church History by Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler, Samuel Davidson, Henry Boynton Smith, John Winstanley Hull, Mary A. Robinson (1857)
"Also, of the sacrament of confession, Bonaventura ad lib. iv. dist 17, P. 2, art. 1, qu. 3, teaches, that Christ instituted it only quoad ..."

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