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facile

[ fas-ilor, especially British, -ahyl ]

adjective

  1. moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:

    facile fingers; a facile mind.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. easily done, performed, used, etc.:

    a facile victory; a facile method.

    Synonyms:

  3. easy or unconstrained, as manners or persons.

    Synonyms: , ,

  4. affable, agreeable, or complaisant; easily influenced:

    a facile temperament; facile people.



facile

/ ˈ´Úæ²õ²¹Éª±ô /

adjective

  1. easy to perform or achieve
  2. working or moving easily or smoothly
  3. without depth; superficial

    a facile solution

  4. archaic.
    relaxed in manner; easygoing
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ´Ú²¹³¦¾±±ô±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ´Ú²¹³¦¾±±ô±ð±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒi±ô±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒi±ô±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒi±ô±ð adjective
  • over·´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒi±ô±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒi±ô±ð adjective
  • un·´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒi±ô±ð·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of facile1

1475–85; < Latin facilis that can be done, easy, equivalent to fac ( ere ) to do, make + -ilis -ile
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of facile1

C15: from Latin facilis easy, from facere to do
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Italicized bits of conservative talk radio, which appear throughout, are repetitive and facile.

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There is a trope, favored by the politically facile, that government should operate more like a business.

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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.

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“U.S. healthcare in the twenty-first century is not facile, not efficient, and not at all patient-centered.â€

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A facile “Prophecy†reader might joke that the channel is substituting spaceships for dragons.

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