glibly
Americanadverb
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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
When observers glibly talk about the Premier League being the 'best in the world', they often fail to explain what criteria they are using.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
In 1955, Chamberlin is glibly naïve about the Holocaust, a patriotic fool set up for tears when remembering the horrors of the Nazis.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
One should be skeptical of all this, of course, and not just because Yiannopoulos still appears to be married to a man, glibly telling reporters that his husband has been "demoted to a roommate."
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2022
There was little chance that the spoiled young mistress of Ashton Place would become a benefactor to Swanburne—or Swansong, as she sometimes glibly called the school.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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