ad lib
1 (also ad-lib) verb improvise INTRANSITIVElabhair ad liblabhair as do sheasamhshe ad-libbed labhair sí as a seasamh
TRANSITIVEto ad-lib sth rud a dhéanamh ad lib, rud a dhéanamh as do sheasamhhe ad-libs the part déanann sé an pháirt ad lib
2 (also ad-lib) noun improvisationad-lib foreign he's fond of his ad-libs tá sé tugtha do na ciútaí ad libhis best lines were ad-libs na línte is fearr uaidh, is as a sheasamh a dúirt sé iadTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective speech etcad lib foreign their answers were ad lib freagraí ad lib a bhí acu, as a seasamh a bhí siad ag freagairtthe rest of the scene is ad lib tá an chuid eile den radharc ad lib 4 adjective MUS part, section, etcad lib foreign the saxophone ad lib part páirt ad lib an tsacsafóinthe solo is ad lib tá an t-aonréad ad lib 5 adverb speak etcad lib foreign as do sheasamh they rarely speak ad lib is annamh a labhraíonn siad as a seasamh 6 adverb MUS play etcad lib foreign the first part is played ad lib seinntear an chéad pháirt ad lib 7 adverb as desiredar do thoil féin faoi mar a thograíonn túthere's food and drink ad lib tá bia agus deoch ar do thoil féin ann, tig leat ithe agus ól mar is mian leat ann