гладък adj (smooth or slippery)
плъзгав adj (smooth or slippery)
словоохотлив adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

Catalan

3 entries

llepó adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)
loquaç adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
relliscós adj (smooth or slippery)

Czech

4 entries

lehkovážný adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
plynný adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
plytký adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
povrchní adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

French

1 entries

désinvolte adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

Galician

4 entries

falabarato adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
larapetas adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
larapeteiro adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
laretas adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

German

4 entries

aalglatt adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)
beredsam adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
einschmeichelnd-betrügerisch adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)
gewandt adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)

Ingrian

1 entries

lippiäkeeli adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)

Italian

2 entries

fluente adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
loquace adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

Japanese

1 entries

巧言令色な adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

glatt adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
litt for veltalende adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
rappmunnet adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
rapptunget adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

Polish

4 entries

elokwentny adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
gładki adj (smooth or slippery)
powierzchowny adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)
płytki adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)

Russian

3 entries

болтли́вый adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
гла́дкий adj (smooth or slippery)
словоохо́тливый adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cabanta adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
leamh adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

Turkish

2 entries

samimiyetsiz adj (smooth or slippery)
üstünkörü adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)

Ukrainian

4 entries

гладкий adj (smooth or slippery)
говіркий adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
меткий adj (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding)
облесливий adj (artfully persuasive but insincere in nature)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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He may come across as glib, but he knows what he's talking about.

Source: tatoeba (3505936)

He may seem glib, but he knows what he's talking about.

Source: tatoeba (3505937)

Are you going to give me a glib answer, or are you going to think before you reply?

Source: tatoeba (3505938)

The river was frozen very hard, and the merry skaters seemed almost to fly, they went so fast over the glib ice.

Source: tatoeba (12026406)

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