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Explore Glibness through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like slickness or superficiality. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Glibness in a sentence

Glibness meaning

The condition of being glib; having fluent words but shallowness in understanding.

Synonyms of Glibness

slickness superficiality shallowness

Related words

Other words often associated with Glibness or its synonyms:

depth profundity deepness deceit skulduggery slipperiness misrepresentation slick trickery deception skullduggery slip

Using Glibness

  • The main meaning on this page is: The condition of being glib; having fluent words but shallowness in understanding.
  • Useful related words include: slickness, superficiality, shallowness.

Context around Glibness

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pleasing 1× cheap 1× downright 1×

Sentence patterns with Glibness

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

crowd pleasing glibness 1× sudden cheap glibness 1× the downright glibness of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and the downright 1× johnson has a 1× pitching too far 1×

Common sentence endings:

crowd pleasing glibness 1× literal public relations 1× sudden cheap glibness 1×

Words around Glibness

Just before it in the word index:

glibly 9 glib 36 glial 15 gliac 7 glia 9 gli 21

Just after it in the word index:

glick 28 glickman 10 glico 3 glidden 20 gliddon 4 glide 214

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Glibness

  • In this selection, "glibness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pleasing, cheap and downright stand out and add context to how "glibness" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include crowd pleasing glibness and sudden cheap glibness. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "glibness" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with glibness

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Pitching too far to the Sorkin side is deadly, too far down the Fey way hazarding crowd-pleasing glibness. (19 words)

Johnson has a tendency to ignore advice, pluck statistics out of the air and rely on sudden, cheap glibness. (19 words)

And the downright glibness of the SafeSport Activity Book, a coloring book that USA Swimming puts out quarterly, shows SafeSport at its conceptual worst, functioning as literal public relations. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

And the downright glibness of the SafeSport Activity Book, a coloring book that USA Swimming puts out quarterly, shows SafeSport at its conceptual worst, functioning as literal public relations. (29 words)

Pitching too far to the Sorkin side is deadly, too far down the Fey way hazarding crowd-pleasing glibness. (19 words)

Johnson has a tendency to ignore advice, pluck statistics out of the air and rely on sudden, cheap glibness. (19 words)

Example sentences (3)

Pitching too far to the Sorkin side is deadly, too far down the Fey way hazarding crowd-pleasing glibness.

Johnson has a tendency to ignore advice, pluck statistics out of the air and rely on sudden, cheap glibness.

And the downright glibness of the SafeSport Activity Book, a coloring book that USA Swimming puts out quarterly, shows SafeSport at its conceptual worst, functioning as literal public relations.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "glibness" in a sentence?
An example: "Pitching too far to the Sorkin side is deadly, too far down the Fey way hazarding crowd-pleasing glibness." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "glibness" from authentic English texts.
What does "glibness" mean?
Glibness means: The condition of being glib; having fluent words but shallowness in understanding.
What are synonyms of "glibness"?
Common synonyms of "glibness" include: slickness, superficiality, shallowness.
How many example sentences with "glibness" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "glibness", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.