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glib

/ɡlɪb/
Meanings
  • adjective

    having or showing a smooth and superficially charming and Agreeable manner, especially when not sincere; superficially slick or glossy.

    - "His glib responses did not fool the interviewer."
    - "Despite her glib promises, she failed to deliver on her commitments."
Pronunciation
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Rhymes
Words rhyming with glib
lib , gib , hib , nib
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. glove

  2. glide

  3. grief

  4. grape

Variants
List of all variants of glib that leads to same result
glib , glibber , glibbest , glibly , glibness , glibnesses
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meaning 'smooth' or 'slippery', glib comes from Old English glifian, meaning 'to cleave' or 'to cut'. Over time, the meaning evolved to refer to smooth or slick surfaces, and eventually came to describe superficially charming or insincere speech.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'glib' is often used in a negative context to describe insincere or dishonest speech.

  2. In the Harry Potter series, 'Glibbering' is a spell used to make a person speak fluently and eloquently, but without any real substance to their words.

Quotes
Quotes by authors and personalities

  1. 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,{it}New York Times Magazine{/it},16 June 1991

  2. I expected a "glib" ladies' man, which he's not. He is an introspective man with deep emotions.

    - Loni Anderson,quoted in {it}People Weekly{/it},6 Nov. 1989

  3. Some of the "glibbest" persons in the nation are oddly tongue-tied when the Bible is brought up.

    - Garry Wills,{it}Under God{/it},1990

  4. 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,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},3 June 2007

How to Memorize "glib"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a smooth, polished surface or a slick, slippery substance to help remember the meaning of glib.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'glib' with insincere or superficially charming speech to help remember its meaning.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Glib is smooth and slippery, like a greased pig at a fair'

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