Usually means: Insincerely friendly for personal gain.
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  1. glad-handed: Merriam-Webster
  2. glad-handed, glad-handed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. glad-handed: Wordnik
  4. glad-handed: Wiktionary
  5. glad-handed: Dictionary.com
  6. glad-handed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (glad-handed)

▸ adjective:  Superficially friendly.

Similar:
smooth-talking, amicable, superfriendly, palsy-walsy, open-armed, affable, congenial, friendly, friendlyish, pally, more...

Opposite:
unfriendly, aloof, cold, distant, reserved

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Similar:
smooth-talking, amicable, superfriendly, palsy-walsy, open-armed, affable, congenial, friendly, friendlyish, pally, more...

Opposite:
unfriendly, aloof, cold, distant, reserved



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