adjective · rare

glib

glib · glibber · glibbest

меткий, говіркий, солодкомовний, облесливий

болтливый, словоохотливый

oberflächlich, gewandt, schmierig, glattgebügelt

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understandingHaving a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

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/ɡlɪb/

» The glib tone of the article undermines its credibility.

Meaning

4 senses

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
glib answers
schwatzhaft, beredsam, glattgebügelt
болтли́выйboltlívyj, словоохо́тливыйslovooxótlivyj
говіркийhovirkyj, меткийmetkyj
having only superficial plausibility
Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
a glib tongue
a glib speech
aalglatt, gewandt, einschmeichelnd-betrügerisch
солодкомовнийsolodkomovnyj, облесливийobleslyvyj
artfully persuasive in speech
Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.
(archaic)Smooth or slippery.
a sheet of glib ice
glatt, rutschig, schlüpfrig
гла́дкийgládkij
гладкийhladkyj

Examples

5 sentences

The glib tone of the article undermines its credibility.
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He may seem glib, but he knows what he's talking about.
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He may come across as glib, but he knows what he's talking about.
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Are you going to give me a glib answer, or are you going to think before you reply?
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The river was frozen very hard, and the merry skaters seemed almost to fly, they went so fast over the glib ice.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding:

smooth or slippery:

artfully persuasive but insincere in nature:

Русский

By meaning 2

having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding:

smooth or slippery:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding:

smooth or slippery:

artfully persuasive but insincere in nature:

Origin

A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German gl

A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).

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