glibness
101glib — [glib] adj. glibber, glibbest [orig., slippery < or akin to Du glibberig, slippery, glibber, jelly] 1. done in a smooth, offhand fashion 2. speaking or spoken in a smooth, fluent, easy manner, often in a way that is too smooth and easy to be… …
102glib — adj. (glibber, glibbest) 1 (of a speaker, speech, etc.) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow. 2 archaic smooth; unimpeded. Derivatives: glibly adv. glibness n. Etymology: rel. to obs. glibbery slippery f. Gmc: perh. imit …
103glib-tongued — adjective artfully persuasive in speech a glib tongue a smooth tongued hypocrite • Syn: ↑glib, ↑smooth tongued • Similar to: ↑persuasive • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
104shallowness — noun 1. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑superficiality • Ant: ↑profundity (for: ↑superficiality) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
105smooth-tongued — adjective artfully persuasive in speech a glib tongue a smooth tongued hypocrite • Syn: ↑glib, ↑glib tongued • Similar to: ↑persuasive • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
106superficiality — noun 1. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑shallowness • Ant: ↑profundity • Derivationally related forms: ↑shallow (for: ↑ …
107gift of gab — or gift of the gab : a talent for talking fluently * * * Informal. an aptitude for speaking fluently, glibly, or persuasively. Also, gift of the gab. [1675 85] * * * gift of gab or gift of the gab, fluency of speech; glibness: »It may be that [th …
108gift of the gab — see gift of gab * * * gift of gab or gift of the gab, fluency of speech; glibness: »It may be that [the author s] gift of gab has cut sharply into his literary output (Newsweek) …
109MANN, HERBIE — (Herbert Solomon; 1930–2003). U.S. jazz flautist. When Mann began his career as a flute player in the early 1950s, he was essentially the only flautist playing jazz. A product of the Manhattan School of Music, he sought models in the world of… …
