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glibnesses

glibnesses is the plural of glibness.

Meaning of glibness

Noun

glibness (countable and uncountable, plural glibnesses)

  1. The condition of being glib; having fluent words but shallowness in understanding.
    • Word often fail me at my moments of my greatest need, my accustomed glibness falls into inarticulacy or babbling at walls when confronted with the necessity of such intimate speech.1986, Reginald Shepherd, “On Not Being White”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 47

Questions about glibnesses

What is glibnesses the plural of?
Glibnesses is the plural of glibness.

Words near glibnesses in the dictionary

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

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