glib

glib (ɡlɪb)

—*adj* , glibber, glibbest
	fluent and easy, often in an insincere or deceptive way

[C16: probably from Middle Low German glibberich slippery]

'glibly

—*adv*

'glibness

—n

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Word Origin & History

glib

1593, possibly shortening of obsolete glibbery "slippery," from Low Ger. glibberig "smooth, slippery," from M.L.G. glibberich, from glibber "jelly."

Example sentences

Many senior administrators are smooth and glib, in the manner of politicians.

It's amazing to me, at how glib and dismissive many treat this perhaps

all-important topic.

He is breezy without being glib, and original without being eccentric.

Most of those thirty-second ads are glib at best but much of the time they are

unfair smears of the opposition.

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glebe line patter smooth-tongued tongue

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"It was a maxim with Mr. Brass that the habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense; and that, as that useful member ought never to grow rusty or creak in turning on its hinges in the case of a practitioner of the law, in whom it should be always glib and easy, he lost few opportunities of improving himself by the utterance of handsome speeches and eulogistic expressions"

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