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glibness

[glib-nis] / ˈglɪb nɪs /










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That’s easier said than done, and “Giovanni” — long, circular, slippery — is one of the hardest assignments for an opera director, with attempts tending to fall into either unremitting dreariness or irritating glibness.

From New York Times • May 7, 2023

Mr. Lawson could stir added outrage with his glibness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

Whereas Strange’s glibness with patients and his peers made him unlikable almost to ridiculousness in the first Doctor Strange, here it plays much more like pithiness Cumberbatch is occasionally able to accent with charm.

From The Verge • May 3, 2022

But the seams show on a parade of dialogue that’s straining to be clever, while Lew’s aims at caustic wit merely achieve sitcom glibness.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

This is perhaps indicative of excess glibness, considering how little I apparently knew.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen