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facile::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | eloquent, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken |
| Derivation | facility |
able to dazzle with his facile tongue.
facile::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | facility |
a facile hand.
Examples of facile
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Thanks for the New Observer but the content is the same facile drivel as before.
From the guardian.co.uk
The story of the Twin Cities men does not lend itself to facile categorizations.
From the nytimes.com
However, I have to say that the critic's dismissal of the book is pretty facile.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That they're facile and able to move in either direction as your case warrants.
From the abcnews.go.com
Such things are facile, however, and have to be taken in the context of a series.
From the guardian.co.uk
But so much for the White House's facile claim to having terrorists on the run.
From the infowars.com
The pleasures of cooking cannot be reckoned by such facile cost-benefit analysis.
From the guardian.co.uk
It is stunning to me how people mustn't expound upon a facile affair like this.
From the iftomm2003.com
This sort of facile simple-mindedness is ubiquitous in ID and creationist writing.
From the scienceblogs.com
- Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
- Performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"
- Eloquent: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
- Easy; Easy specifically in a disparaging sense; taking minimal effort; lazy, simplistic; Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with; Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily
- (facilely) In a facile manner
- (facileness) superficiality, glibness
- (adj) - easily accomplished, ready or fluent, superficial
- 1a. easily accomplished or attained. 1b. specious, superficial.1c. used or comprehended with ease. 1d. readily manifested and often lacking in sincerity or depth. 2. mild or pleasing in manner or disposition. 3a. ready, fluent 3b. poised, assured.
- Easily, without fuss
