glib

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It also meant I could develop Gabble branches that required a not-yet-released telepathy-glib, and all without touching my system copy of telepathy-glib (the one I use to run Empathy and talk to people - which is the packaged version from Debian unstable or experimental).

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  1. adjective Performed with a natural, offhand ease: glib conversation.
  2. adjective Showing little thought, preparation, or concern: a glib response to a complex question.
  3. adjective Marked by ease and fluency of speech or writing that often suggests or stems from insincerity, superficiality, or deceitfulness.
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  • If he is glib or tries to rationalise it away or blame it on the drink, you have a problem on your hands and I would recommend a severe beating, followed by a glimpse of his own mortality and the stone certainty that if he harms your sister or neice his only chance is to find a painless way to commit suicide and do it fast .. —  Army Rumour Service
  • Tom Cruise's altercation with Matt Lauer last year helped Americans learn the definition of the word "glib." —  Blog updates
  • For, if our MP on average appreciated the majesty of the institution of Parliament they would not invite this noble House to the kind of glib opprobrium that the Tenth Parliament has steadily distinguished itself for. —  The Standard | Headlines
  • Depends: libdbus-glib-1-2 (> = 0.74) but 0. 60-6ubuntu8.1 is to be installed —  Comments for ArsGeek
  • Not to be glib, but how many people have the time to do that kind of research and synthesis? —  Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE
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plausible ·  voluble ·  fluent ·  persuasive ·  flippant ·  suave ·  courteous ·  cryptic ·  laconic ·  impudent ·  witty ·  tactful
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Possibly of Low German origin; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Of dial. origin, apparently from the more orig. verb glibber, q. v.
  2. See glib, v., and glibber, adjective
  3. from Irish and Gaelic glib, a lock of hair, also a slut.
  4. Rare, and perhaps a mere error for lib; or due to confusion with gib, q. v.; there is nothing to show that g- represents the prefix ge- (see i-), as in D. gelubt, Old Dutch ghelubt (Kilian), past participle of lubben, lib: see lib.
 

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