glib

[ glib ]
/ glɪb /
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adjective, glib·ber, glib·best.

readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners.
Archaic. agile; spry.

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Origin of glib

1585–95; compare obsolete glibbery slippery (cognate with Dutch glibberig)

OTHER WORDS FROM glib

glib·ly, adverbglib·ness, nounun·glib, adjectiveun·glib·ly, adverb

Words nearby glib

gley, glia, glia cell, gliadin, glial cell, glib, glib ice, glidden, glide, glide path, glide plane
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Words related to glibness

fraud, deception, duplicity, mockery, bigotry, insincerity, deceit, dishonesty, grandiloquence, wordiness, verboseness, prolixity, verbosity, logorrhea, loquaciousness, talkativeness, volubility, falsity, cant, casuistry

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British Dictionary definitions for glibness

glib
/ (ɡlɪb) /

adjective glibber or glibbest

fluent and easy, often in an insincere or deceptive way

Derived forms of glib

glibly, adverbglibness, noun

Word Origin for glib

C16: probably from Middle Low German glibberich slippery
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