Glib
[glɪb]
Definition
(adj.) artfully persuasive in speech; 'a glib tongue'; 'a smooth-tongued hypocrite' .
(adj.) having only superficial plausibility; 'glib promises'; 'a slick commercial' .
(adj.) marked by lack of intellectual depth; 'glib generalizations'; 'a glib response to a complex question' .
Edited by Ben--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.
(superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
(v. t.) To make glib.
(n.) A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.
(v. t.) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
Editor: Pedro
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Smooth, slippery.[2]. Voluble, fluent, ready, talkative, flippant, nimble of speech, ready in speech, of a ready tongue.
v. a. Castrate, geld, emasculate, deprive of virility.
Checker: Raffles
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Slippery, voluble, smooth, fluent, ready, talkative, flippant
ANT:Rough, abrupt, hesitating, stammering, Glimmer,[See GLARE]
Typist: Serena
Definition
adj. moving easily: voluble.—v.i. to move freely.—adv. Glib′ly.—n. Glib′ness.
n. (Spens.) a bush of hair hanging over the eyes.
v.t. (Shak.) to emasculate to castrate.
Checker: Mitchell
Examples
- Not quite so glib with this answer as with the previous two, Mr Riderhood gave in the definition, 'Waterside character. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is too widespread for any such glib explanation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Count's glib cynicism had revealed a new aspect of his nature from which we both recoiled. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Nobody's at home at present,' returned the child, with a glib assertion of her dignity, 'except the person of the house. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That, observes Sir Leicester with unspeakable grandeur, for he thinks the ironmaster a little too glib, must be quite unnecessary. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I know that syndicalism means a revision of some of our plans--that it is an intrusion upon many a glib prejudice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typed by Humphrey