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glibly

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glib  (glb)
adj. glib·ber, glib·best
1.
a. Performed with a natural, offhand ease: glib conversation.
b. Showing little thought, preparation, or concern: a glib response to a complex question.
2. Marked by ease and fluency of speech or writing that often suggests or stems from insincerity, superficiality, or deceitfulness.
[Possibly of Low German origin; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
glibly adv.
glibness n.
Synonyms: glib, slick, smooth-tongued
These adjectives mean being, marked by, or engaging in ready but often insincere or superficial discourse: a glib denial; a slick commercial; a smooth-tongued hypocrite.
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Adv.1.glibly - with superficial plausibility; "he talked glibly"
slickly
Translations

glibly [ˈglɪblɪ] adv [explain] → con mucha labia
glibly [ˈglɪblɪ] glib adv (talk) → gewandt;
(answer) → leichthin
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He remembered the contents, which in truth he rattled off very glibly when put to the test.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
It seemed as if the honey and alcohol, which had passed so glibly and smoothly over his tongue, were at war within his stomach; and that he had a swarm of bees within his head.
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" It was some comfort (to those whose securities were not in jeopardy) to be able to remind themselves that Beaufort WAS; but, after all, if a Dallas of South Carolina took his view of the case, and glibly talked of his soon being "on his feet again," the argument lost its edge, and there was nothing to do but to accept this awful evidence of the indissolubility of marriage.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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