Definition of Glibly

1. Adverb. With superficial plausibility. "He talked glibly"

Exact synonyms: Slickly
Partainyms: Glib

Definition of Glibly

1. adv. In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly.

Definition of Glibly

1. Adverb. In a glib manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glibly

1. glib [adv] - See also: glib

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glibly

glial cells
glial fibrillary acidic protein
glial filament
glial limiting membrane
glialike
glias
glib
glib-tongued
glibbed
glibber
glibbery
glibbest
glibbing
glibenclamide
glibenclamides
glibly (current term)
glibness
glibnesses
glibs
glicentin
glicke
glickes
gliclazide
glid
glidant
glidden
glidder
gliddery
gliddest
glide

Literary usage of Glibly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1901)
"... as an Italian cousin of his own, and all sorts of extraordinary and humorous, tragic and comic situations ensue. The narrative flows glibly From '• Mary ..."

2. Piccadilly to Pall Mall: Manners, Morals, and Man by Ralph Nevill, Charles Edward Jerningham (1909)
"As for members of a club committee glibly talking about their " powers," such a thing was never dreamt of before the intrusion of the middle class into West ..."

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