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facile

[fas-il, -ahyl] / ˈfæs ɪl, -aɪl /


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Likewise, don’t expect anything noteworthy from a pal like Paul Simon, who would rather be facile about his friendship with Michaels than informative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

It is hard to overstate just how facile this whole enterprise has proved to be.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

What gets lost in facile critiques of gentrification, however, is its generative power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

It would be facile and easy to argue that this level of emotion is characteristic of their “intimate male friendship” and their shared passion run amok.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

Lost and bewildered though I was I could contain myself no longer and I said sharply there was not too little care but too many thieves, and saw them nodding in facile agreement.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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