According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
GLIBLY
glibly, slickly
(adverb) with superficial plausibility; “he talked glibly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
glibly (comparative more glibly, superlative most glibly)
In a glib manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Glib"ly, adv.
Definition: In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly.
GLIB
Glib, a. [Compar. Glibber; superl. Glibbest.] Etym: [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.]
1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]
2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech. I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not. Shak.
Syn.
– Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.
Glib, v. t.
Definition: To make glib. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Glib, n. Etym: [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.]
Definition: A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.] The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. Spenser. Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. Southey.
Glib, v. t. Etym: [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.]
Definition: To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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