ad lib
noun
something improvised in speech, music, etc..
ad-libber
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a word derived from
ad-lib.
Example Sentences
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A wildly witty ad-libber, Izzard can make two-hour monologues feel like a stream-of-conscious eruption.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
“My dad was a great ad-libber; Frank Oz is a great ad-libber, and that always pluses up the comedy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
Streep — who had just completed “Let Them All Talk,” a Steven Soderbergh movie with entirely improvised dialogue, before filming “Don’t Look Up” — isn’t immediately thought of as an ad-libber.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
He’s not a brilliant ad-libber like so many of hip-hop’s major stars right now; the songs feel as tightly plotted as his elaborate music videos, with each melody and rhythm tailored for maximum impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
A brilliant raconteur, ad-libber and dialectician, he speaks French, German.
From Time Magazine Archive
