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glibly

[glib-lee] / ˈglɪb li /


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Never was a term more glibly used and misdefined as that one has been lately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

"I suppose we might glibly talk about transplants, but to know somebody has benefited from it to that degree does make it real and important."

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

“Chris as a choreographer is someone who’s tapped into — not lightly or glibly, but tapped into spirit,” Blain-Cruz said.

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

One should be skeptical of all this, of course, and not just because Yiannopoulos still appears to be married to a man, glibly telling reporters that his husband has been "demoted to a roommate."

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2022

‘Bilingual education, two ways to understand...,’ television and radio commercials glibly announce.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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