glib

«glib» in Mova's school dictionary: too smooth and quick, said easily without real thought — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (glib, glibber, glibbest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Glib describes talk that is too smooth and quick, said easily without real thought. tree →

2) (old use) Glib means smooth or slippery, as in the tales of skin made smooth with oil. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales skin rubbed with fish-oil becomes glib, meaning smooth; in ordinary talk a glib answer is too easy to be trusted

examples

• Then they rubbed their mouths with fish-oil, so that they became very smooth and glib. tree →
• The salesman gave a glib answer. tree →
• Her glib excuse did not fool the teacher. tree →
• He is glib, but he never does his homework. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «glib» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.