ad libitum

[ad lib-i-tuhm, ahd lib-i-toom] / æd ˈlɪb ɪ təm, ɑd ˈlɪb ɪˌtʊm /

ADJECTIVE

at one's pleasure

Synonyms

WEAK

according to pleasure ad-lib as one thinks best as one wishes at will extemporaneous freely impromptu improvised impulsive made-up off-the-cuff offhand spontaneously unrehearsed without restraint

ADVERB

at one's pleasure

Synonyms

WEAK

according to pleasure ad-lib as one thinks best as one wishes at will extemporaneous freely impromptu improvised impulsive made-up off-the-cuff offhand spontaneously unrehearsed without restraint

Example Sentences

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One group was permitted ad libitum feeding, which is eating whenever they wanted.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023

Half of the mice ate all their food in 8 hours during the night, as mice usually do, while the other half ate ad libitum, anytime they wanted.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2022

This form of husbandry, known as ad libitum feeding, is cheap and convenient since animal technicians need only check the hoppers from time to time to make sure they haven’t run dry.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2011

Non est inventus ad libitum scape goatum non comeatibus in swampo.

From Time Magazine Archive

I attacked it with confidence, and when I came to an ad libitum passage I risked a note which I had taken a hundred times without any trouble.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de

ad libitum

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