glib

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

glib [glib glibber glibbest] BrE [ɡlɪb] NAmE [ɡlɪb] adjective (disapproving)
(of speakers and speech)using words that are clever, but are not sincere, and do not show much thought
•a glib salesman
•glib answers
Derived Word: ↑glibly

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘smooth, unimpeded’): ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ‘slippery’ and German glibberig ‘slimy’.

Example Bank:
•He had assumed that his glib explanations would convince us.
•It would be glib to suggest that she did it deliberately.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  glib-tongued, smooth-tongued, pat, slick