facile
adjective/ˈfæsaɪl/
/ˈfæsl/
(disapproving)- produced without effort or careful thought synonym glib
- a facile remark/generalization
- It seems too facile to blame everything on his mishandling of the crisis.
- [only before noun] (formal) obtained too easily and having little value
- a facile victory
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘easily accomplished’): from French, or from Latin facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘do, make’.
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