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facile

fa·cile

UK/ˈfæs.aɪl/ US/ˈfæs.əl/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth

  • “too facile a solution for so complex a problem”
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2.

performing adroitly and without effort

  • “her easy grace”
  • “a facile hand”
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3.

expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

  • “able to dazzle with his facile tongue”
  • “silver speech”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from Latin facere (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”) Compare Spanish and Portuguese fácil (“easy”), Catalan fàcil, Romanian facil. First use appears c. 1484 in a translation by William Caxton.

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