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Improvised remark
Answer for the clue "Improvised remark ", 6 letters:
ad-lib
Alternative clues for the word ad-lib
Word definitions for ad-lib in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To improvise all or part of a speech or other performance, ''especially'' in comedy.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Betsy forgot her lines and had to ad-lib the rest of the scene. ▪ No one could remember the song very well, so we had to ad-lib . ▪ The other actors were thrown into confusion when she started ad-libbing her final speech. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians" [also: ad-libbing , ad-libbed ]
Usage examples of ad-lib.
I was thinking that if I managed to get by the Martians without a slip I would undertake to ad-lib double talk to a bunch of human reporters as long as they wanted to listen.
Paddy knew no precedent for this, no set phrase, but he'd ad-libbed it nicely.