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glib

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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; 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

  1. Performed with a natural, offhand ease: was fascinated by his unfailingly glib conversation.

  2. 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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