glibly
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Never was a term more glibly used and misdefined as that one has been lately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"I suppose we might glibly talk about transplants, but to know somebody has benefited from it to that degree does make it real and important."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024
It’s worth returning to Crystal’s monologue, in which he glibly calls that year’s Oscars “Sundance by the Sea.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
“Chris as a choreographer is someone who’s tapped into — not lightly or glibly, but tapped into spirit,” Blain-Cruz said.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2023
‘Bilingual education, two ways to understand...,’ television and radio commercials glibly announce.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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