glibness

[ glib-nis ]

noun

1. the quality of being easily fluent, especially in a way that is thoughtless, superficial, or insincere:

   There's a certain glibness that comes with trying to package big, complex ideas and distill them into very consumable chunks.

   After a while her glibness makes you wonder if you can trust her.

Word History and Origins

Origin of glibness¹

glib ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

Such debates treat science as a sort of cabaret act, in which “glibness, rhetorical skill, and the debater’s charisma” register “far more than facts, logic, reason, and science,” Gorski says.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature

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

“Natality” and “woman without children” may be unfamiliar — even clunky — phrases, but they are appropriately jarring rebukes to the glibness of our usual rhetoric, which rarely seems to move beyond entreaties for “more babies, please.”

From Washington Post

Her fresh, vulnerable voice speaks directly to readers, without hiding behind glibness or easy self-assurance.

From Washington Post

Related Words

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• deception
• dishonesty
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