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facile
[ fas-ilor, especially British, -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
/ ˈæɪ /
adjective
- easy to perform or achieve
- working or moving easily or smoothly
- without depth; superficial
a facile solution
- archaic.relaxed in manner; easygoing
Derived Forms
- ˈڲԱ, noun
- ˈڲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ڲi· adverb
- ڲi·Ա noun
- v·ڲi adjective
- over·ڲi· adverb
- ܲ·ڲi adjective
- un·ڲi· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word 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.
It was a facile answer, I suggested, especially when Trump wants to make life miserable for the very people Alvarado has spent the majority of his life advocating for.
“U.S. healthcare in the twenty-first century is not facile, not efficient, and not at all patient-centered.”
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