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facile
[fas-il, -ahyl]
adjective
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality.
facile fingers; a facile mind.
Synonyms: , , ,easily done, performed, used, etc..
a facile victory; a facile method.
Synonyms:easy or unconstrained, as manners or persons.
Synonyms: , ,affable, agreeable, or complaisant; easily influenced.
a facile temperament; facile people.
facile
/ ˈ´Úæ²õ²¹Éª±ô /
adjective
easy to perform or achieve
working or moving easily or smoothly
without depth; superficial
a facile solution
archaicÌýrelaxed in manner; easygoing
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- facilely adverb
- facileness noun
- overfacile adjective
- overfacilely adverb
- unfacile adjective
- unfacilely adverb
- ˈ´Ú²¹³¦¾±±ô±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ˈ´Ú²¹³¦¾±±ô±ð±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of facile1
Example Sentences
It would be facile and easy to argue that this level of emotion is characteristic of their “intimate male friendship†and their shared passion run amok.
Italicized bits of conservative talk radio, which appear throughout, are repetitive and facile.
There is a trope, favored by the politically facile, that government should operate more like a business.
“U.S. healthcare in the twenty-first century is not facile, not efficient, and not at all patient-centered.â€
A facile “Prophecy†reader might joke that the channel is substituting spaceships for dragons.
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Related 51³Ô¹Ïs
- effortlessÌý
- glibÌý
- hastyÌý
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