ad-libbing

Variant of ad-lib

ad-lib definition

☆ 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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