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ad-libbing
Variant of ad-lib
ad-lib
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☆ ad·-lib (ad′lib′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb ad-libbed -·libbed′, ad-libbing -·lib′·bing
to improvise (words, gestures, etc. not in a prepared speech, script, etc.); extemporize
Etymology: < ad libitum
noun
the act of ad-libbing or an ad-libbed remark
also ad lib
adjective
spoken or done extemporaneously
adverb
extemporaneously
also ad lib
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