ad libadverb
uk/ˌæd ˈlɪb/us/ˌæd ˈlɪb/said without any preparation or practice:
I'd forgotten the notes for my speech so I had to do it ad lib.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not expected or planned
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- ad-lib
- adventitious
- against (all) the odds/against all odds idiom
- explosive
- involuntary
- it's just one of those things idiom
- just like that idiom
- make sth up as you go along idiom
- muddle
- rude
- sharply
- spur
- summary
- unawares
- undreamed of
- unexpected
- unforeseen
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ad-lib
adjective [ before noun ] ukus
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