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Meanings of glib-tongued in English

Artfully persuasive in speech.

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Examples for "glib"
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In my current state, even his glib computer-generated voice was somehow comforting.
Ready Player One
2
Various patient wordings from the past look labored alongside the glib printout.
The new yorker
3
It is a pity the people's panellist gave a somewhat glib response.
News.com.au
4
There were also glib requests for the Fed to just send money.
Reuters
5
Asked to comment on the gravity of the accusations, Brady was glib.
The Guardian
1
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...
2
And that reminds me: do you recall the smooth-tongued Abbot of Kirkstall?
Beatrix of Clare
3
He's a smooth-tongued rascal-absolutelya gentleman to look at and speak to.
An Amiable Charlatan
4
Sure you're no mate for any honest woman, you blackhearted, smooth-tongued divil!
The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories
5
The charming and smooth-tongued Gondomar can hate, and can revenge, too.
Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time
Usage of glib-tongued in English
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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
3
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
5
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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After this manner spake the glib-tongued fellows and, behold, their speeches were as oil on the troubled waters.
Life in a Thousand Worlds
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Perhaps he is a glib-tongued gentleman, and assures me that the proceedings will commence at once: 'Sei tchas!
Russia
8
Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued:-these are injurious.'
The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
9
For once in a way the glib-tongued lad was at a loss just what to say and how to say it.
The Lost City
10
Well, a glib-tongued parson, a fellow by the name of Belcher, got round the widow-shewas a desperate fool-and ,byJove!
The Bell-Ringer of Angel's, and Other Stories
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The remainder is the same world-old story-- agoodlooking, glib-tongued man, plying every art known to an expert, on an innocent girl.
The Harvester
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And as clever and glib-tongued as I was, I did not think I was good enough to talk my way out of this.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
13
He helped her down to it, and she was in mortal terror, as such glib-tongued women generally are when there is the least danger.
Algonquin Legends of New England
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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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Glib-tongued through the time