Facile

['fæsaɪl;-sɪl] or ['fæsl]

Definition

(adj.) performing adroitly and without effort; 'a facile hand' .

(adj.) arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; 'too facile a solution for so complex a problem' .

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Definition

(a.) Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.

(a.) Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.

(a.) Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.

(a.) Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.

(a.) Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Easy, not difficult, not hard.[2]. Mild, courteous, affable, not haughty, not austere.[3]. Pliant, pliable, flexible, ductile, yielding, tractable, manageable, easily persuaded.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Docile, tractable, manageable, indulgent, weak, irresolute, easy, affable,flexible, characterless, pliable

ANT:Sturdy, obstinate, determined, resolute, pig-headed, crusty, inflexible,self-willed, independent, self-reliant

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Definition

adj. easily persuaded: affable: yielding: easy of access or accomplishment: courteous: easy.—n. Fac′ileness.—v.t. Facil′itāte to make easy: to lessen difficulty.—ns. Facilitā′tion; Facil′ity quality of being facile; dexterity: easiness to be persuaded: pliancy: easiness of access: affability: (Scots law) a condition of mental weakness short of idiocy but such as makes a person easily persuaded to do deeds to his own prejudice:—pl. Facil′ities means that render anything easily done.

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