Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being glib; slipperiness; smoothness; volubility: as, glibness of tongue or speech.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being glib.
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- noun The condition of being
glib
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a kind of fluent easy superficiality
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Examples
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If you watch closely you will probably see the same thing – her glibness is just that, fake.
Obama, Clinton supporters both say Clinton attacking unfairly 2008
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I think he will be prepped and only his glibness will be his undoing.
Live-blogging the McCain VP announcement. UPDATE: "MCCAIN PICKS SARAH PALIN." Ann Althouse 2008
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Still, when First Republic lawyers raised that argument in the arbitration, the hearing panel criticized the "glibness" of the funds 'managers and defense witnesses for their awareness of the fund's "upsides," such as higher yield and higher fees, without "any realistic advance recognition [of] any specific risks or patterns of risk."
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Toothy, cute, cliched, and, above all, possessed with the kind of glibness that will make a subway-riding, briefcase-toting, callousless mid-level fella smirk with pleased superiority.
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His manner of speech was suggestive of a desire to conceal a glibness which is usually accounted a fault.
Dross Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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Melvin had promptly recovered his "glibness" upon the departure of the teamster; and though he looked at her in some surprise he answered:
Dorothy's Travels Evelyn Raymond 1876
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It represents the kind of glibness in writing that I don’t like.
Buzz Bissinger on Blogs: "I Still Believe What I Said": Vanity Fair Fair, Vanity 2008
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The glibness of even Sen. Collins 'assumptions that a "trigger" would be inevitably "pulled" by the bureaucrats in charge is typical GOP nonsense: Obviously, the "trigger" will require evaluation of hard data of insurance costs, etc.
Key senator rejects 'trigger' for public health insurance option 2009
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Can we at least acknowledge the glibness of these statements?
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But the more Mr. Rogen injects the story with needed energy, the more he makes Kyle's reflexive glibness seems like his own glib, self-congratulatory shtick, and the closer he comes to wearing out his welcome by dominating the movie.
'50/50': Cheerful Illness Tale, With Relapses Joe Morgenstern 2011
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