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ad-lib

English

  1. 🔊 with little or no preparation or forethought
    “his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment”
  2. 🔊 said or done without having been planned or written in advance
    “he made a few ad-lib remarks”
  3. 🔊 remark made spontaneously without prior preparation
    “his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians”
  4. 🔊 perform without preparation
    “he extemporized a speech at the wedding”

Similar words

improvise improvize extemporize extemporise extemporaneous extemporary extempore impromptu offhand offhanded off-the-cuff unrehearsed spontaneous unwritten