glibly

1. 1.

   with superficial plausibility

   “he talked glibly”

   Synonymsslickly

Questions about glibly

What does glibly mean?

glibly means "with superficial plausibility".

How many syllables are in glibly?

glibly has 2 syllables: glib-ly. The stress falls on "glib". In IPA it is /ˈɡlɪbli/.

What is another word for glibly?

Close synonyms include slickly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is glibly a common word?

glibly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.