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Webster 1913 Edition


Glibly

Glib′ly

,
adv.
In a glib manner;
as, to speak
glibly
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Glibly

GLIB'LY

,
adv.
Smoothly; volubly; as, to slide glibly; to speak glibly.

Definition 2024


glibly

glibly

English

Adverb

glibly (comparative more glibly, superlative most glibly)

  1. In a glib manner.
    • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!:
      Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]