(-bb-) to say sth in a speech or a performance that you have not prepared or practised
SYNIMPROVISE:
[V] The pair have often been known to abandon their script and begin ad libbing. * [VN] I lost my notes and had to ad lib the whole speech. * He ad libbed his way through the meeting.
ad lib noun:
The speech was full of ad libs and witty asides.
ad lib adjective:
an ad lib speech
ad lib adverb:
She delivered her lines ad lib.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for adlib is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is adlib a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, adlib is tagged as verb.
Does adlib appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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