ad libbed
Spoke without script
Ad libbed means performed or spoken spontaneously, without preparation or a script.
From the Latin *ad libitum* (at pleasure), it describes improvised remarks, jokes, or performances: The actor ad libbed when he forgot his lines.
Also spelled ad-libbed.
The noun and verb forms are ad lib.
Done without advance preparation
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
- spontaneousArising without external cause
unscripted · winging-it · on-the-fly · spur-of-the-moment · unprepared · ad-hoc · makeshift · unplanned
Not artificially produced
- genuineTruly what it claims
- candidHonest and direct
- sincereGenuinely felt, not feigned
- unforcedNot made to happen
uncontrived · unstudied · unaffected · artless · guileless · spontaneous · instinctive · intuitive
extemporaneous
Done without advance preparation
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
spontaneous · unscripted · winging-it · on-the-fly · spur-of-the-moment · unprepared · ad-hoc · makeshift · unplanned · thrown-together
natural
Not artificially produced
unforced · uncontrived · unstudied · unaffected · artless · guileless · spontaneous · instinctive · intuitive · uninhibited
comedy
Work meant to amuse
- standupSolo comedic performance
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- riffingImprovising musical phrases
monologue · improv · skit · dialogue · soliloquy · scene · bit · shtick · banter · patter
ad libbedscripted
Written out beforehand
recited · word-for-word · verbatim · by the book · cued
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