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ad-libbing

Variant of ad-lib

transitive verb, intransitive verb ad-libbed, ad-libbing

to improvise (words, gestures, etc. not in a prepared speech, script, etc.); extemporize

noun

the act of ad-libbing or an ad-libbed remark
also ad lib

adjective

spoken or done extemporaneously

adverb

extemporaneously
also ad lib

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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