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GLIB (glibber, glibbest)
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, glibbest Dictionary entry overview: What does glib mean?
• GLIB (adjective)
The adjective GLIB has 3 senses:
1. marked by lack of intellectual depth
2. having only superficial plausibility
3. artfully persuasive in speech
Familiarity information: GLIB used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: glibbest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by lack of intellectual depth
Context example:
a glib response to a complex question
Similar:
superficial (concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually)
Derivation:
glibness (a kind of fluent easy superficiality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having only superficial plausibility
Synonyms:
Context example:
a slick commercial
Similar:
plausible (apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing)
Derivation:
glibness (a kind of fluent easy superficiality)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Artfully persuasive in speech
Synonyms:
glib; glib-tongued; smooth-tongued
Context example:
a smooth-tongued hypocrite
Similar:
persuasive (intended or having the power to induce action or belief)
Derivation:
glibness (a kind of fluent easy superficiality)
Context examples
He was merely facile and glib.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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