Word: glib
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From Germany, usually prompt with glib explanations, came only thick, embarrassed silence...
Maxwell Struthers Burt of Philadelphia and Wyoming knows how to write an almost convincing simulacrum of a first-class novel. Self-assured but not glib, he respects and admires the English language, has a plentiful supply of ideas, puts enough complexity and contradiction into his characters to keep them from being stereotypes. It is like the creation of a culture pearl: an irritant is carefully introduced into the oyster, which then obediently builds up a globe of pearly substance, as smooth and gleaming to the casual glance as the real thing...
...glib, soft-spoken naval diplomat. He has a salty tongue and a predilection for blunt truths. In periodic get-togethers with Lieut. General Douglas MacArthur,* who commands the U.S. and native troops in the Philippines, and with Dutch and British officers, he usually says little. He prefers action. Tommy Hart will be ready to shoot...
...accurate is the reporting? It is probably full of slips and glib judgments...
...Glib Harry Newman is best remembered in Kansas City for his Christmas Reindeer Pageant, staged in 1927 with 1,000 reindeer imported from Alaska as a promotion stunt for the Star...