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glibness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | slickness |
| Type of | shallowness, superficiality |
| Derivation | glib |
the glibness of a high-pressure salesman.
Examples of glibness
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A few of Ms. Ryan's poems flirt with glibness, and some are stunted vignettes.
From the nytimes.com
Both volumes are easy to mock for their glibness, but both are candy-colored treats.
From the artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
In a world of glibness and superficiality, he has a rare temerity of mind.
From the latimes.com
But glibness and charm will not be enough to lead a party as disunited as the Tories.
From the economist.com
To them, her lack of polish and knowledge feels like an absence of slickness and glibness.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Glibness is a liability for a book that constantly skips among anecdotes.
From the nytimes.com
All I really see is sophmoric glibness and radio talk show invective.
From the economist.com
Tilghman was guilty of glibness, the bane of live broadcasting.
From the freep.com
Many jabbed at its apparent celebration of fashion and the glibness of those glossy unportraits.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman"
- The condition of being glib
