Friday, September 12, 2008

Ad lib -- doin' what comes extemporaneously

from www.wordsmith.org

ad lib (ad LIB) [From Latin ad libitum (at pleasure).]
  • noun Improvised speech or music.
  • verb tr. To perform music, speech, etc. spontaneously.
  • verb intr. To improvise.
  • adjective Improvised, impromptu.
"From delivery of scripted material to covering slip-ups to ad-libbing, Aznil is probably one of the few in the business who has a sixth sense, comedy wise."
-- Awards: Wide-skrin Disasters at Anugerah; Malay Mail (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Aug 28, 2003.

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