facile
pronunciation
How to pronounce facile in British English:
UK [ˈfæsaɪl]
How to pronounce facile in American English:
US [ˈfæsl]
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- Adjective:
- arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
- performing adroitly and without effort
- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
Word Origin
- facile
- facile: see faculty
- facile (adj.)
- late 15c., "easy to do," from Middle French facile "easy," from Latin facilis "easy to do" and, of persons, "pliant, courteous, yielding," from facere "to do" (see factitious). Usually now with depreciatory implication. Of persons, "easily led," from 1510s.
Example
- 1. The explanation is too facile for such a complex phenomenon .
- 2. The nominal sums may be different , but the comparison is not facile .
- 3. Her facile nature adapted herself to any company .
- 4. Wisely , the authors hesitate to draw facile conclusions and admit nothing is proved .
- 5. That is only a facile answer .