glib
adjective
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glibber;
glibbest
Definition of glib
1a
: marked by ease and informality : nonchalant
b
: showing little forethought or preparation : offhand
glib answers
c
: lacking depth and substance : superficial
glib solutions to knotty problems
3
: marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful
a glib politician
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Examples of glib in a Sentence
Or they could have saddled us with "The Stranger," which had the mitigating charm of being glib and pretentious and would thus have kept the kids who were obviously going to end up at Bard happy.
— Joe Queenan, New York Times Book Review, 3 June 2007
The problem was that the candidate anticipated all the questions, knew all the answers and tended to pop out the reply the moment the question was asked; it made him seem like a smart aleck, too glib.
— William Safire, New York Times Magazine, 16 June 1991
Some of the glibbest persons in the nation are oddly tongue-tied when the Bible is brought up.
— Garry Wills, Under God, 1990
I expected a glib ladies' man, which he's not. He is an introspective man with deep emotions.
— Loni Anderson, quoted in People Weekly, 6 Nov. 1989
Politicians need to do more than provide glib answers to difficult questions.
the actor's glib portrayal of a drug addict
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Recent Examples on the Web
Wily, glib and politically slick Odysseus wants Neoptolemus to befriend Philoctetes and, when his guard is down, steal the bow. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: At the Getty Villa, Sophocles gets wounded in Aaron Posner’s revamp of ‘Philoctetes’," 6 Sep. 2019 Many online took issue with the seemingly glib use of a horrific — and ongoing – trauma to sell beer, with some even going so far as to compare the naming of the beer after Bikini Atoll to other fatal incidents like the September 11 attacks. — Cady Lang, Time, "Beer Named After Nuclear Testing Site Bikini Atoll Gets Called Out for Insensitivity," 16 Aug. 2019 Offer hope that alternatives are available but do not offer glib reassurance. — al, "Investigators seek people who talked to man who died in suicide," 1 Aug. 2019 Two monologues about grief, Sea Wall / A Life, end up being a couple of glib gestures in the direction of loss. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "On Broadway, a Stagy Kind of Mourning," 9 Aug. 2019 Offer hope that alternatives are available but do not offer glib reassurance. — al, "Investigators seek people who talked to man who died in suicide," 1 Aug. 2019 Those who like thoughtful politics in their art might feel the adamant insistence on resetting everything to the status quo seems glib. — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, "Spider-Man: Far From Home is saving the MCU by ignoring its continuity," 8 July 2019 Offer hope that alternatives are available but do not offer glib reassurance. — al, "Investigators seek people who talked to man who died in suicide," 1 Aug. 2019 Toby compels our empathy, but something glib and superficial about his sections can strain the connection. — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, "“Fleishman Is in Trouble” Turns the Marriage Novel Inside-Out," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'glib.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for glib
glib
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of glib
disapproving
: said or done too easily or carelessly : showing little preparation or thought
: speaking in a smooth, easy way that is not sincere
See the full definition for glib in the English Language Learners Dictionary
glib
adjective
\ ˈglib
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glibber;
glibbest
Kids Definition of glib
: speaking or spoken carelessly and often insincerely
a glib answer
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