pat
adjective/pæt/
/pæt/
(usually disapproving)- (of an answer, a comment, etc.) too quick, easy or simple; not seeming natural or realistic synonym glib
- The ending of the novel is a little too pat to be convincing.
- There are no pat answers to these questions.
Word Originadjective late 16th cent.: related to pat (verb); apparently originally symbolic: a frequently found early use was hit pat (i.e. hit as if with flat blow).
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