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.

  1. Archaic. agile; spry.

Origin of glib

1
First recorded in 1585–95; compare obsolete glibbery “slippery” (cognate with Dutch glibberig )

synonym study For glib

1. See fluent.

Other words for glib

Other words from glib

  • glib·ly, adverb
  • glib·ness, noun
  • un·glib, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for glib

glib

/ (ɡlɪb) /


adjectiveglibber or glibbest
  1. fluent and easy, often in an insincere or deceptive way

Origin of glib

1
C16: probably from Middle Low German glibberich slippery

Derived forms of glib

  • glibly, adverb
  • glibness, noun

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