Definitions

facile

[fas-il, -ahyl] / ˈfæs ɪl, -aɪl /

ADJECTIVE

easy; easily mastered

Synonyms

STRONGEST

effortless glib hasty

WEAK

accomplished adept adroit apparent articulate breeze child's play cursory deft dexterous easy as pie fast talk flip fluent light obvious picnic practiced proficient pushover quick ready shallow simple skillful slick smooth superficial uncomplicated untroublesome voluble

Antonyms

WEAK

arduous complicated confusing difficult hard involved laborious profound

Example Sentences

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Facile comparisons between the two risk obscuring the facts of each, all in the name of illumination.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2022

Facile, condescending arguments from a Econ Ph.D in the NY Times - and you wonder why we're angry.

From New York Times • May 6, 2016

Facile primus dixisse fertur, et a nullo negatur.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

Facile comparisons do not do justice to this still unfolding drama.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2010

Benoit Robert, or Brother Facile, the founder of the Christian Brothers' schools in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, and other cities in this country, died in Marseilles on April 2, 1877.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various

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