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Definition of Ad-lib
1. Noun. Remark made spontaneously without prior preparation. "His ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
2. Adjective. With little or no preparation or forethought. "A few unrehearsed comments"
Similar to: Unprepared
3. Verb. Perform without preparation. "They will ad-lib the duet"; "He extemporized a speech at the wedding"
Generic synonyms: Do, Execute, Perform
Derivative terms: Extemporisation, Extemporization, Improvisation, Improvisation, Improvisation
4. Adjective. Said or done without having been planned or written in advance. "He made a few ad-lib remarks"
Definition of Ad-lib
1. Verb. To improvise all or part of a speech or other performance, ''especially'' in comedy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ad-lib
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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