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ad lib
/ad lib", ad"/
1. something improvised in speech, music, etc.: Was that joke part of your speech or an ad lib?
2. at one's pleasure; without restriction.
3. freely; as needed; without stint: Water can be given to the patients ad lib.
[1810-20; see AD LIBITUM]

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