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glibness

noun

Definition of glibness

as in smoothness

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Recent Examples of glibness Advertisement Still, Trump’s apparent glibness comes as the Republican Party faces what could be challenging midterm elections, as the economy and affordability remain top concerns for voters. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 June 2026

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Noun

Golden has first-round NFL draft capital, with terrific speed and the smoothness to match.

— Jake Ciely, New York Times, 22 July 2026
The energy of the room, the confidence of the presenter, the smoothness of the narrative, all of it affects judgment before analysis begins.

— Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of smoothness

Noun

Is the artificiality and structural restriction of the majority of the season a lure for a show on the verge of going thoroughly bonkers in its finale?

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Yet Voisard believes people are increasingly tuning into animal livestreams to escape artificiality.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026

Definition of artificiality

Noun

The detective-heroines (and especially the actress-detectives) in this canon are careful about how performance might be extended to social duplicity, dishonesty, and fraud—but the lady criminals of Victorian detective fiction cross this line easily.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
But honesty doesn’t always save a career, and duplicity doesn’t always sink one.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026

Definition of duplicity

Noun

This formula decongests the skin and is great for those who want to improve skin texture and oiliness.

— Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 22 June 2026
This is why during pregnancy, some pre-existing skincare concerns, like chronic breakouts or oiliness, either completely vanish or temporarily worsen.

— Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026

Definition of oiliness

Noun

That’s the deficiency side of integrity—where authenticity gives way to fakery, consistency erodes into unpredictability, and transparency slips into manipulation…But swing too far in the other direction, and the skyscraper becomes overly rigid—too stiff to sway with the wind.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
The green-screen effects are knowing in their outright fakery; the nerdiness of the whole enterprise is lampshaded with a whole setpiece in a comic-book store.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 June 2026

Definition of fakery

Noun

Assemble a scrapbook or photo album to curate your personal affectations, trinkets, and memories.

— Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 26 July 2026
The steering wheel is flat at the top and bottom—a race-car affectation that feels correct in here—and has a button for the Boost function and another to adjust the aero, but is otherwise refreshingly simple.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 7 July 2026

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