It's abstract to them, so these discussions of solutions tend to take on a glib, clever tone.
Chomsky's glib and caustic tone is distracting.
Look for glib and superficial charm.
Despite his history of indulgence and excess, his improvisation became more glib, his attack more forceful, and his tone more intimate.
A pity, then, that its trailer, now playing in cinemas, is marred by a voice-over from one of those American Trailer Guys with deep, syrupy voices: "Welcome… to the English countryside," he drawls, in a tone that manages to be both glib and patronising.
Ossé talks to Simmons, who bristles at this account — you can hear tones of the mentor annoyed by a glib mentee.
She can be a little glib at times, a little too fond of her own tone of voice and of her smart-aleck phrasemaking.
And Bernstein's unabashed mixing of musical styles in "Mass" (Mahlerian richness, show-tune pizazz, hard-driving rock, 12-tone counterpoint, hymnal simplicity and more) was considered glib and cheap.
Indeed, there's no greater scrambler of comedic intention that the Internet, which, with its dead-fish tone, can saddle comments that might have been breezy and glib when spoken ("You're insane!") with 700 pounds of unintended gravity ("You're insane") when written.
