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Summary

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glib:
- beredsam; redegewandt
Wiktionary:
- glibness → Gewandtheit
- glib → oberflächlich, aalglatt

English

Detailed Translations for glibness from English to German

glibness:

Translation Matrix for glibness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	slickness

Synonyms for "glibness":

slickness; superficiality; shallowness

Related Definitions for "glibness":

a kind of fluent easy superficiality¹
- the glibness of a high-pressure salesman¹

Wiktionary Translations for glibness:

glibness

noun

the condition of being glib
- glibness → Gewandtheit

glibness form of glib:

glib adj

glib (eloquent; voluble; fluent)
beredsam; redegewandt
- beredsam adj
- redegewandt adj

Translation Matrix for glib:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	glib-tongued; pat; slick; smooth-tongued
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
beredsam	eloquent; fluent; glib; voluble
redegewandt	eloquent; fluent; glib; voluble	eloquent

Related Words for "glib":

glibness, glibber, glibbest, glibly

Synonyms for "glib":

superficial
pat; slick; plausible
glib-tongued; smooth-tongued; persuasive

Related Definitions for "glib":

artfully persuasive in speech¹
- a glib tongue¹
having only superficial plausibility¹
- glib promises¹
marked by lack of intellectual depth¹
- glib generalizations¹
- a glib response to a complex question¹

Wiktionary Translations for glib:

glib

adjective

die Oberfläche eines Gegenstandes oder einer Sache betreffend, sich auf die Oberfläche beziehend
- oberflächlich → glib; superficial
übertragen, abwertend: durchtrieben, sehr gewandt, geschickt, kaum angreifbar, gerissen, schwer (mit Argumenten) zu packen, für alles eine Ausrede habend, mit Hilfe geschickter Rhetorik seine Interessen durchsetzen, raffiniert
- aalglatt → slippery as an eel; suave; silky; glib

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