Glibly
['glɪbli]
Definition
(adv.) In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly.
Checker: Neil
Examples
- They spoke glibly of the after cabin, the for'rard cabin, port and starboard and the fo'castle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was really none of the genius about which historians write so glibly in this decision. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Two hundred skins, replied Alcibiades glibly; and named what he considered a fair price. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- One is Mr. Harris, of Bermondsey, and the other is Mr. Price, of this town, said our clerk, glibly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am grieved to observe that many persons who talk and write glibly about electricity do not understand it; some even ignore or deny the fact to be explained. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In three words--how glibly my pen writes them! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checker: Neil