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glibly

/ˈɡlɪbli/

glibly adverb: in a glib manner.

Adverb

glibly (comparative more glibly, superlative most glibly)

  1. In a glib manner.
    • "It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are -- " I was on the verge of saying, "my...1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
    • […] they are unconscious of all the history and human experience by which the liturgy has been enriched, and unmoved by the glibly repeated words of the Gospel […]1916, Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Review 5 (392-409)

Forms of glibly

comparativemore glibly
superlativemost glibly

Origin of glibly

From glib + -ly.

Words that rhyme with glibly

Questions about glibly

What does glibly mean?
Glibly means in a glib manner.
What part of speech is glibly?
Glibly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce glibly?
Glibly is pronounced /ˈɡlɪbli/.

Words near glibly in the dictionary

  1. glibbing
  2. glibenclamide
  3. glibenclamides
  4. glibertarian
  5. glibertarians
  6. glibly
  7. glibness
  8. glibnesses
  9. glibornuride
  10. glibs
  11. glibutimine

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