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Ad-Lib
- adjective - perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
- remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
- said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks"
- with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"
Adages
- noun - a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- proverb
Adagio
- adjective - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly"
- (of tempo) leisurely
- a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
- slowly; "here you must play adagio"
Adalia
- noun - a port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya
- genus of ladybugs
Adamic
- unknown - Relating to Adam in Bible
Adapid
- noun - extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
Adapin
- noun - a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances)
Adapts
- verb - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
Adarce
- - A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy.