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facile

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fac·ile  (fsl)
adj.
1. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy. See Synonyms at easy.
2. Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency.
3. Arrived at without due care, effort, or examination; superficial: proposed a facile solution to a complex problem.
4. Readily manifested, together with an aura of insincerity and lack of depth: a facile slogan devised by politicians.
5. Archaic Pleasingly mild, as in disposition or manner.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin facilis; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

facile·ly adv.
facile·ness n.

facile [ˈfæsaɪl]
adj
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
[from Latin facilis easy, from facere to do]
facilely  adv
facileness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.facile - arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
superficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"
2.facile - performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"
effortless - requiring or apparently requiring no effort; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air"
3.facile - expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
articulate - expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings"

facile
adjective
1. superficial, shallow, slick, glib, hasty, cursory I hated him making facile suggestions when I knew the problem was extremely complex.
Translations
facile [ˈfæsaɪl] ADJ [remark, expression] → superficial; [writer] → vulgar; [victory] → fácil
facile [ˈfæsaɪl] adj [explanation, suggestion, solution] → simpliste
facile
adj (pej) person, mind, work of artoberflächlich; optimismblind; tasksimpel; questionvordergründig; comparison, answerbillig; solutionbillig, simpel; remarknichtssagend; styleflüssig; it is facile to suggest that…es lässt sich natürlich leicht sagen, dass …
facile [ˈfæsaɪl] adj (gen) (pej) (remark, answer) → superficiale; (victory) → facile


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Those facile and brilliant phrases and ideas struck me as the finest things I had yet known in literature, and I borrowed the book and read it through.
In a moment Dirk was on his knees beside her, with his arms round her, kissing her, calling her all sorts of pet names, and the facile tears ran down his own cheeks.
 
 
 
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