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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
CEFR level
C2

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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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