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FACILE
eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
(adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; “able to dazzle with his facile tongue”; “silver speech”
facile
(adjective) performing adroitly and without effort; “a facile hand”
facile, neat, slick
(adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject; “too facile a solution for so complex a problem”; “it was a neat plan, but bound to fail”; “a slick advertising campaign”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
facile (comparative more facile, superlative most facile)
Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy. [from 15th c.]
(now rare) Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. [from 16th c.]
Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.). [from 17th c.]
Lazy, simplistic (especially of explanations, discussions etc.). [from 19th c.]
(chemistry) Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
Synonyms
• (skillful): See also skillful
Anagrams
• fecial
Source: Wiktionary
Fac"ile a. Etym: [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F. facile. Srr Fact, and cf. Faculty.]
1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor. Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. Evelyn.
2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered. The facile gates of hell too slightly barred. Milton.
3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant. I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. B. Jonson.
4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible. Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost Paradise, deceived by me. Milton. This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway. Prof. Wilson.
5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.
– Fac"ile-ly, adv.
– Fac"ile*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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