glib

adjective

ˈglib

glibber; glibbest

Synonyms of glib next

: showing little forethought or preparation : offhand

glib answers

: marked by ease and informality : nonchalant

: lacking depth and substance : superficial

glib solutions to knotty problems

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

a glib politician

archaic : smooth, slippery

glibly adverb

glibness noun

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

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Recent Examples on the Web Being glib is hardly the most important attribute of a candidate. —

WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023 That’s an awfully glib connection to make, especially for an architect whose centerpiece fantasia at Hudson Yards has been closed for more than two years because visitors were, entirely predictably, jumping off. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2023 Sort of a slightly glib title and cover to get people interested, [instead of] another black-and-white photo of mansions, or from centuries of Jewish pain. —

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2023 Ever since John Kennedy tapped Lyndon Johnson, his convention runner-up, as his running mate in 1960, the glib—and incorrect—assumption has been that such unity tickets are the norm. —

Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2023 The video was seen as a glib attack on trans youth, with Aldean subsequently dropping the humor and going on Fox News and other outlets to defend her views. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023 That film turned glib cynicism into Oscar-bait rocket fuel, blasting past every thicket of fiscal confusion. —

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023 How to Become a Cult Leader The Bottom Line Sometimes clever, sometimes glib, always superficial. —

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Katie Bain, Billboard, 23 June 2023 See More

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