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[ glib ] / glɪb / SEE SYNONYMS FOR glib ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, glib·ber, glib·best.readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers. easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners. Archaic. agile; spry. Origin of glibFirst recorded in 1585–95; compare obsolete glibbery “slippery” (cognate with Dutch glibberig ) SYNONYMS FOR glib1 talkative, loquacious; facile, smooth. SEE SYNONYMS FOR glib ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for glib1. See fluent. OTHER WORDS FROM glibglibly, adverbglibness, nounun·glib, adjectiveun·glib·ly, adverbWords nearby glibgley, glia, glia cell, gliadin, glial cell, glib, glib ice, Glidden, glide, glidepath, glide plane Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for glibBut this cynical take is too glib and sweeping to explain everything. Why Some Americans Are More Equal Than Others|Jedediah Purdy|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST “We should not let people get away with this glib excuse that this is about voter fraud,” says Ornstein. The ID Whose Time Has Come|Eleanor Clift|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Truth in Advertising balances the droll with the hopeful and the glib with the heartfelt. This Week’s Hot Reads: Jan. 7, 2013|Mythili Rao|January 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Debate, as we saw last Wednesday night, sometimes over-rewards the glib one-liner, or incentivizes stubborn misrepresentation. Obama’s Debate Performance: How Twitter Has Done Us Wrong|Richard Just|October 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His glib, even slick performance may score with debate coaches but the American people may not be similarly wowed. Mitt Romney’s Glib Performance Won the Debate, but What About Voters?|Eleanor Clift|October 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST "That's Boy's fault, Sher'ff, not our'n," leered the glib old man. Wolf's Head|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree) She had probably heard Ferriday use the expression and she got herself up on it till she was glib. We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes Diplomacy I was trained in, and on most matters I had a glib enough tongue. The Lost Continent|C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne Her Italian, to an unaccustomed ear, was exactly as glib as theirs. Jerry Junior|Jean Webster Couldn't we get Glib to climb the steeple above the window and deliver an harangue? The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 5, November 1843|Various
British Dictionary definitions for glib
adjective glibber or glibbestfluent and easy, often in an insincere or deceptive way Derived forms of glibglibly, adverbglibness, nounWord Origin for glibC16: probably from Middle Low German glibberich slippery Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to glibloquacious, facile, eloquent, artful, articulate, talkative, easy, flip, fluent, garrulous, insincere, plausible, quick, ready, silver-tongued, slippery, suave, urbane, vocal, voluble |