glibness

American  

[glib-nis] / ˈglɪb nɪs /

noun

1. the quality of being easily fluent, especially in a way that is thoughtless, superficial, or insincere.

   There's a certain glibness that comes with trying to package big, complex ideas and distill them into very consumable chunks.

   After a while her glibness makes you wonder if you can trust her.

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Etymology

Origin of glibness

glib ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

Such debates treat science as a sort of cabaret act, in which “glibness, rhetorical skill, and the debater’s charisma” register “far more than facts, logic, reason, and science,” Gorski says.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s easier said than done, and “Giovanni” — long, circular, slippery — is one of the hardest assignments for an opera director, with attempts tending to fall into either unremitting dreariness or irritating glibness.

From New York Times

“Natality” and “woman without children” may be unfamiliar — even clunky — phrases, but they are appropriately jarring rebukes to the glibness of our usual rhetoric, which rarely seems to move beyond entreaties for “more babies, please.”

From Washington Post

Her fresh, vulnerable voice speaks directly to readers, without hiding behind glibness or easy self-assurance.

From Washington Post

That Brodesser-Akner has managed to draft at least a humane sketch of Rachel feels like a step up from her nonfiction, which tended toward glibness.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• dishonesty
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