Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - glib
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Glib
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~ adj 1 glib remarks, explanations etc are difficult to believe because they are said easily and without thinking (glib generalizations about the problem of racism) 2 someone who is glib says things to persuade people without being certain that they are true (glib politicians with their easy solutions) - glibly adv - glibness n
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If you describe what someone says as glib, you disapprove of it because it implies that something is simple or easy, or that there are no problems involved, when this is not the case. ...the glib talk of ‘past misery’... Mr. Lewis takes an insufferably glib attitude toward it all. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • glibly We talk glibly of equality of opportunity. ADV: ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
adjective (~ber; ~best) Etymology: probably modification of Low German ~berig slippery Date: 1584 1. a. marked by ease and informality ; nonchalant b. showing little forethought or preparation ; offhand ~ answers c. lacking depth and substance ; superficial ~ solutions to knotty problems 2. archaic smooth, slippery 3. marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful a ~ politician • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
adj. (glibber, glibbest) 1 (of a speaker, speech, etc.) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow. 2 archaic smooth; unimpeded. Derivatives glibly adv. glibness n. Etymology: rel. to obs. glibbery slippery f. Gmc: perh. imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. бойкий (о речи) to be glib, to have a glib tongue —- быть бойким на язык glib answer —- бойкий ответ 2. речистый, говорливый, словоохотливый glib talker —- болтун, говорун glib salesman —- бойкий продавец 3. благовидный, правдоподобный glib excuse —- благовидный предлог 4. уст. гладкий (о поверхности) glib ice —- скользкий лед 5. уст. диал. легкий, беспрепятственный (о движении) glib movement —- свободное движение 6. уст. двигаться плавно 7. уст. делать гладким 8. диал. говорить бойко и много ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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excuse благовидный предлог GLIB adj. 1) бойкий (о речи) he has a glib tongue - он бойкий на язык 2) речистый, говорливый 3) гладкий (о поверхности) 4) легкий, беспрепятственный (о движении) 5) - glib excuse Syn: see talkative ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1593, possibly shortening of obsolete glibbery "slippery" (1601), from L.Ger. glibberig "smooth, slippery," from M.L.G. glibberich, from glibber "jelly." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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