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Significats de glib en anglès

Having only superficial plausibility.

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Artfully persuasive in speech.

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Examples for "glib-tongued"
Examples for "glib-tongued"
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Outside, the auctioneer, a smooth-faced, glib-tongued man, was already mounting the rostrum.
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
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He was a glib-tongued Irishman who knew everything-orfondly imagined he did-fromthe law to horse-surgery.
On Our Selection
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He has come among a supple, glib-tongued tribe, who live for show, servile to public opinion.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 / A Mag...
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I guarded her from the lot of them, and then a glib-tongued scoundrel comes along, and pooh!
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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Pound in the pulpit for one day of the week, and this glib-tongued man contradicting him for seven.
David Malcolm
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Gordon, Gordon, I am the victim of the Highland liar, that smooth-tongued--
John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars...
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And that reminds me: do you recall the smooth-tongued Abbot of Kirkstall?
Beatrix of Clare
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He's a smooth-tongued rascal-absolutelya gentleman to look at and speak to.
An Amiable Charlatan
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Sure you're no mate for any honest woman, you blackhearted, smooth-tongued divil!
The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories
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The charming and smooth-tongued Gondomar can hate, and can revenge, too.
Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time

Glib.

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Ús de glib en anglès
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In my current state, even his glib computer-generated voice was somehow comforting.
Ready Player One
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Various patient wordings from the past look labored alongside the glib printout.
The new yorker
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It is a pity the people's panellist gave a somewhat glib response.
News.com.au
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There were also glib requests for the Fed to just send money.
Reuters
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Asked to comment on the gravity of the accusations, Brady was glib.
The Guardian
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He was civil, however, and glib in French with a South-German accent.
A Soldier of the Legion
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The first thing is to recognise that there are no glib answers.
The Guardian
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She'd seen how glib he could be, how little he took seriously.
To catch a thief
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This is what really grates - this glib pandering to insular self-righteousness.
The Irish Times
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Energy policy in Australia has been a casualty of glib three-word slogans.
The Guardian
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Falkner, weary of the whole matter, listened to the glib young architect.
Together
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You see we yomped northwards carrying glib expectations strapped to our laptops.
The Irish Times
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I attended the meetings and took notes of the speaker's glib talk.
My Boyhood
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Yet the man talked as if he believed his own glib lies.
Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also t...
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I would just say something glib, like how Cheerios were more filling.
Disciple of the dog
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But I gad, it strikes me that you are pretty glib to-night.
An Arkansas Planter
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