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facile
/ˈfæs.əl/
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What does facile mean?
adjective
- Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
- Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).
- Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- (derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy.
- (archaic) Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfæs.əl/
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He invented a facile excuse, and having taken the vacant seat next to her, looked round to see who was there.
One may easily disaggregate the facile mind of a crowd, but one can do nothing before the permanent soul of a race.
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Duns and bailiffs jostled the dukes and marquises whose presence at the Rue Beaubourg so impressed the wondering neighbours of the facile grocer.
In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
This entourage and the habit of fasting from books and newspapers were quite enough to make her a facile recipient of any marvellous story.