glibly
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Never was a term more glibly used and misdefined as that one has been lately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"I suppose we might glibly talk about transplants, but to know somebody has benefited from it to that degree does make it real and important."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024
It’s worth returning to Crystal’s monologue, in which he glibly calls that year’s Oscars “Sundance by the Sea.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
In 1955, Chamberlin is glibly naïve about the Holocaust, a patriotic fool set up for tears when remembering the horrors of the Nazis.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
Jean Louise was about to make the worst mistake of her life, and she glibly quoted those people at her, she mocked her.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
