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glib
What does glib mean?
glib (adjective): having only superficial plausibility.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use glib in a sentence?
How do you pronounce glib?
/ɡlɪb/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does glib come from?
A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of glib?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “glib” mean?
functioning in a supporting capacity
Not quite: that's what supplementary means.
having only superficial plausibility
Right! That's what “glib” means.
suggesting an unhealthy mental state
Not quite: that's what morbid means.
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
Not quite: that's what arid means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “glib”?
arid
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pat
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wry
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sly
Not quite: sly means something else.
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