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Another word for ad-lib

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Verb

  1. To compose or recite without preparation

    Idioms:
    See also:

    prepared

    planned

Noun

  1. Something improvised

    See also:

    prepared

    planned

Adjective

  1. Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought

    See also:

    prepared

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Another word for ad-lib

Verb
  1. See also:

    invent

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Sentence Examples

  • ad-lib dialog.

  • The milking cows are offered silage ad-lib and are never asked to eat right down to the last.

  • ad-lib hay and rug her up if it is slightly chilly.

  • keyboard continuo can be improvised ad lib from the score.

  • extemporized ad lib from a figured bass, but the music is complete with three basses.

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Words near ad-lib in the Thesaurus