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1. (adj.) glib
readily fluent, often superficially or insincerely so:
a glib talker; glib answers.
2. glib
easy or unconstrained:
glib manners.
Etymology: (1585–95; cf. obs. glibbery slippery (c. D glibberig))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) glib
marked by lack of intellectual depth
"glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question"
2. (adj) glib, pat, slick
having only superficial plausibility
"glib promises"; "a slick commercial"
3. (adj) glib, glib-tongued, smooth-tongued
artfully persuasive in speech
"a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) glib
a thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes
2. glib
smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib
3. glib
speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech
4. (verb) glib
to make glib
5. (verb) glib
to castrate; to geld; to emasculate
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Sense: speaking persuasively but usually without sincerity
The salesman was a very glib talker.
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 Afrikaans: gladde |
 Arabic: طَلْق اللسان، مُتَحَذْلِق |
 Bulgarian: сладкодумен |
 Brazilian: fluente |
 Czech: vemlouvavý |
 German: zungenfertig |
 Danish: overfladisk |
 Greek: πειστικός αλλά ανειλικριν |
 Spanish: de mucha labia, charlatán |
 Estonian: libekeelne |
 Farsi: چرب زبان |
 Finnish: kaunisteleva |
 French: qui a du bagou |
 Hebrew: חלקלק |
 Hindi: चिकनी चुपड़ी बातें करने व |
 Croatian: govorljiv, neiskren |
 Hungarian: locsogó |
 Indonesian: pandai membujuk |
 Icelandic: tungulipur |
 Italian: facondo |
 Japanese: 口の達者な |
 Korean: 말로만 조잘거리는 |
 Lithuanian: turintis gerą liežuvį, iš |
 Latvian: (par valodu, runātāju) ve |
 Malay: pandai berkata-kata |
 Dutch: glad |
 Norwegian: glatt, munnrapp |
 Polish: gładki |
 Persian: چرب زبان |
 Pashto: روان اوسليس، فصيح، اسان، |
 Portuguese: fluente |
 Romanian: bun de gură, nesincer |
 Russian: речистый |
 Slovak: pohotový |
 Slovenian: ki ima namazan jezik, jez |
 Serbian: slatkorečiv |
 Swedish: munvig, välsmord |
 Thai: พูดจาหว่านล้อม |
 Turkish: ağzı kalabalık, lâf ebesi |
 Taiwanese: 油嘴滑舌的 |
 Ukrainian: красномовний |
 Urdu: لفّاظ |
 Vietnamese: liến thoắng |
 Chinese: 油嘴滑舌的 |
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