glib

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glibber; glibbest

Definition of glib

1a : showing little forethought or preparation : offhand glib answers

b : marked by ease and informality : nonchalant

c : lacking depth and substance : superficial glib solutions to knotty problems

2 : marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful a glib politician

3 archaic : smooth, slippery

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Examples of glib in a Sentence

Or they could have saddled us with "The Stranger," which had the mitigating charm of being glib and pretentious and would thus have kept the kids who were obviously going to end up at Bard happy. — Joe Queenan, New York Times Book Review, 3 June 2007 The problem was that the candidate anticipated all the questions, knew all the answers and tended to pop out the reply the moment the question was asked; it made him seem like a smart aleck, too glib. — William Safire, New York Times Magazine, 16 June 1991 Some of the glibbest persons in the nation are oddly tongue-tied when the Bible is brought up. — Garry Wills, Under God, 1990 I expected a glib ladies' man, which he's not. He is an introspective man with deep emotions. — Loni Anderson, quoted in People Weekly, 6 Nov. 1989 Politicians need to do more than provide glib answers to difficult questions. the actor's glib portrayal of a drug addict See More

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