ad-lib

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ad-lib - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ad-lib
      adj 1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib
             comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano
             recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit";
             "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to
             sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast";
             "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib,
             extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore,
             impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff,
             unrehearsed]
      2: said or done without having been planned or written in
         advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [syn: ad-lib,
         spontaneous, unwritten]
      n 1: remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his
           ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
      v 1: perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at
           the wedding" [syn: improvise, improvize, ad-lib,
           extemporize, extemporise]