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Meanings of glibness in English

A kind of fluent easy superficiality.

Usage of glibness in English
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Peter was prevented from further glibness by a decisive nod from Samarc.
Red Fleece
2
Louis found himself speaking with a quick glibness that was totally unlike him.
Pet Sematary
3
Perhaps that accounts for the glibness with which language slips off your tongue.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 / A Magaz...
4
At any rate, he proceeded with an unusual fluency and glibness.
Angel Island
5
Was there a note of tension in his throat, a touch of glibness?
Secret of the seventh son
6
Mrs. Pett shuddered at the glibness with which he brought out the familiar name.
Piccadilly Jim
7
There was a faint suggestion of glibness in his manner.
Roden's Corner
8
I trust the change will not affect your glibness, for it is quite exhilarating.
The Prince of Graustark
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Every image has a gregariousness that may verge on glibness.
The Guardian
10
Tommy had by this time the glibness born of practice.
The Secret Adversary
11
Any attempt to describe it ends in glibness and self-delusion.
The monster of florence
12
A man of letters can mitigate his embarrassment among us by a certain glibness.
And Even Now
13
What is the question now placed before society with a glibness the most astounding?
The Life of Froude
14
Hypatia was still silent-foiledat every point, while Orestes ran on with provoking glibness.
Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
15
Take heed thou be not snared into misfortune by the glibness of thy tongue!
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
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Julie frowned, apparently at the glibness of his answer.
Hunter's moon: a novel
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