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facile

/ˈfæs.əl/

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What does facile mean?

adjective

  1. Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
  2. Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).
  3. Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
More meanings (2)

adjective

  1. (derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy.
  2. (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.
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174
One may easily disaggregate the facile mind of a crowd, but one can do nothing before the permanent soul of a race.
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448
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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.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
This entourage and the habit of fasting from books and newspapers were quite enough to make her a facile recipient of any marvellous story.
Alexander William KinglakeEothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastProject Gutenberg ebook #282