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Definition of Ad lib
1. Adverb. Without advance preparation. "He spoke ad lib"
Definition of Ad lib
1. Adverb. At pleasure. ¹
2. Adverb. At will. ¹
3. Adverb. To whatever extent. ¹
4. Adverb. Extemporaneously. ¹
5. Adjective. Extemporaneous, impromptu. ¹
6. Verb. To perform without script. ¹
7. Verb. To perform without preparation. ¹
8. Verb. To perform extemporaneously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Ad lib
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"4 Latin Hymns, for 4 Voices with PF. ad lib. 1 This was one of Vogler*i most
successful works. The choru» of Furies wo» sufficiently popular in 1821 to lead ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"(9) Clover or alfalfa silage, 30 Ibs.; hay, ad lib.; bran, 4 Ibs.; middlings, 3
Ibs.; oil-meal, 1 Ib. (10) Alfalfa hay, 20 Ibs.; oats, 4 Ibs.; corn meal, ..."
3. A Text-book of Church History by Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler, Samuel Davidson, Henry Boynton Smith, John Winstanley Hull, Mary A. Robinson (1857)
"Also, of the sacrament of confession, Bonaventura ad lib. iv. dist 17, P. 2, art.
1, qu. 3, teaches, that Christ instituted it only quoad ..."
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