glib

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glib

[glib]

–adjective, glib⋅ber, glib⋅best.

1.	readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.

2.	easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners.

3.	Archaic. agile; spry.

Origin:
1585–95; cf. obs. glibbery slippery (c. D glibberig)

Related forms:

glibly, adverb

glibness, noun

Synonyms:
1. talkative, loquacious; facile, smooth. See fluent.

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glib (glĭb)

adj. glib·ber, glib·best

Performed with a natural, offhand ease: was fascinated by his unfailingly glib conversation.
Characterized by fluency of speech or writing that often suggests insincerity, superficiality, or a lack of concern.

[Possibly of Low German origin; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]
glib'ly adv., glib'ness n.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean being, marked by, or engaging in ready but often insincere or superficial discourse: a glib denial; a slick commercial; a smooth-tongued hypocrite.

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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."

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