glib
pronunciation
How to pronounce glib in British English:
UK [glɪb]
How to pronounce glib in American English:
US [ɡlɪb]
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- Adjective:
- marked by lack of intellectual depth
- having only superficial plausibility
- artfully persuasive in speech
Word Origin
- glib (adj.)
- 1590s, "smooth and slippery," a dialect word, possibly a shortening of obsolete glibbery "slippery," which is perhaps from Low German glibberig "smooth, slippery," from Middle Low German glibberich, from or related to glibber "jelly," all part of the Germanic group of gl- words for "smooth, shining, joyful" (see glad (adj.)). Of words, speakers, etc., from c. 1600. Related: Glibly; glibness.
Example
- 1. That glib logic has been jettisoned , at least temporarily .
- 2. The other sort of engineer understands that glib comparisons between computers and humans don 't do justice to the complexities of either .
- 3. The glib answer is that america has two economies : residential construction and car production are in a slump , but the rest is still chugging along .
- 4. It is , as the morbidly glib never tire of reminding us , as natural as life .
- 5. The analogies to confucianism are glib , and such parallels with it as can be drawn are intended by the regime only for the consumption of outsiders .