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glib

adjective

artfully persuasive in speech

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
G
Ends with
B
Contains
LI
Scrabble score
7

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adjective

  1. artfully persuasive in speech

    “a glib tongue”

adjective

  1. having only superficial plausibility

    “glib promises”

adjective

  1. marked by lack of intellectual depth

    “glib generalizations”

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Example Sentences

a glib tongue
a smooth-tongued hypocrite
glib promises
a slick commercial
glib generalizations
a glib response to a complex question

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