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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; compare obsolete glibbery slippery (cognate with Dutch glibberig)
1585–95; compare obsolete glibbery slippery (cognate with Dutch glibberig)
Related forms
glib·ly, adverb
glib·ness, noun
un·glib, adjective
un·glib·ly, adverb
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Glib
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is glean. Does it mean:
| flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement |
| gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit |
Example Sentences
- He comes over as a glib young man with a partisan take on politics, expressed in what he thought was a private conversation.
- This entertaining if occasionally glib volume may seem to some readers a model of how to put one's own life into verse.
- What stood out was his glib chatter.
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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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