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Adjective: glib (glibber,glibbest)  glib
  1. Marked by lack of intellectual depth
    "glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question"
     
  2. Having only superficial plausibility
    "glib promises";
    - pat, slick
     
  3. Artfully persuasive in speech
    "a glib tongue";
    - glib-tongued, smooth-tongued

Derived forms: glibber, glibbest

See also: persuasive, plausible, suasive [rare], superficial

Encyclopedia: Glib