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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024glib /glɪb/USA pronunciation adj., glib•ber, glib•best. - able to speak fluently, easily, and often insincerely and without thought:a glib salesman.
- said without thought;
offhand:a glib answer. glib•ly, adv. glib•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024glib (glib),USA pronunciation adj., 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.
- compare obsolete glibbery slippery (cognate with Dutch glibberig) 1585–95
glib′ly, adv. glib′ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged talkative, loquacious; facile, smooth. See fluent.
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