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Definition of Glibness
1. Noun. A kind of fluent easy superficiality. "The glibness of a high-pressure salesman"
Generic synonyms: Shallowness, Superficiality
Derivative terms: Glib, Glib, Glib, Slick, Slick
Definition of Glibness
1. n. The quality of being glib.
Definition of Glibness
1. Noun. The condition of being glib ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glibness
1. the quality of being glib [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glibness
Literary usage of Glibness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"-lim lip-glue, -lader glibness of tongue, volubility; have et godt — have the
gift of the gab .... glibness ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"The glibness with which it flowed, this explanation that had so much of defence
in it, showed how the poor woman had gone over and over it all in her mind ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1870)
"Ask the novelist, ask the popular compiler of history, and he will answer with
all the glibness that may be, " Oh, of course they were the Normans and the ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"133. glibness (glib'nes), it. [< glib1 + -ness.'] The state or quality of being
glib; ... smoothness ; volubility : as, glibness of tongue or speech. ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"The glibness with which it flowed, this explanation that had so much of defence
in it, showed how the poor woman had gone over and over it all in her mind ..."
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