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glib
1. adj. (Péjoratif) Désinvolte, facile.
a glib answer
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glib
1. adj. Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
2. adj. (dated) Smooth or slippery.
a sheet of glib ice
3. adj. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued
a glib tongue; a glib speech
4. v. To make glib.
5. n. (historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly worn in Ireland.
6. v. (obsolete) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

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He's too young, too glib, better looking, and too fast for me.  There was not a word in it of false optimism, facile nationalism or glib tabloid militarism.

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