glibadjective
uk/ɡlɪb/us/ɡlɪb/glibber, glibbestspeaking or spoken in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty:
He's a glib, self-centred man.
No one was convinced by his glib answers/explanations.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- histrionic
- histrionics
- hokey
- meretricious
- pious
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- pseudo-
- slick
- theatrical
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glibly
adverb uk/ˈɡlɪb.li/us/ˈɡlɪb.li/
He spoke glibly about an economic recovery just around the corner.
glibness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɡlɪb.nəs/us/ˈɡlɪb.nəs/