facile

Meanings

• adjective

  Easily done or accomplished; not requiring much effort or skill.

  - "The piano concerto was a facile performance by the virtuoso."
  - "The solution to the problem was quite facile."

• adjective

  Superficially or insincerely clever or intelligent.

  - "His facile answers belied a lack of genuine understanding."
  - "She found his facile charm unappealing."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with facile
vile , file , pile , smile , style

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Variants

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facile , facilely , facileness , facilenesses , facile princeps

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Etymology

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From Latin facile, 'easily done, capable, not difficult'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'facile' is derived from the Latin word for 'easy'.

2. Facile is an antonym of the word 'difficult'.

3. In music, a facile piece is one that is easy to play or sing.

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Related Concepts

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1. Easy: Related to the concept of ease or lack of difficulty.

2. Skill: Related to the concept of having the necessary ability or expertise.

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Quotes

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1. Melville shrank from atheism, and from all "facile" theisms.

   - John Updike,{it}Hugging the Shore{/it},(1983) 1984

2. … I saw that my old enemy was dead, Amy [Lowell], noble Amy. How I despised myself then for my "facile" self-pity and for my failure to die—how she seemed to have worsted me once again.

   - Conrad Aiken,14 May 1925,{"source"=>"in {it}Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1978"}

3. But in the less palmy days of their marriage and the final years of his life, Lennon produced (with Yoko's help) shallow, "facile" recordings that cannibalized his early work.

   - Francine Prose,{it}The Lives of the Muses{/it},2002

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Culture

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Facile has been used in literature to describe characters who are superficially charming but lack depth or sincerity. It can also be used to describe easy or effortless achievements.

How to Memorize "facile"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the word 'facile' written out and pronounced. Imagine it being used in contexts where it means 'easily done' or 'superficially clever'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'facile' with ease or simplicity. Think of a time when you accomplished something easily or effortlessly.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Facile is easy, as can be seen' to help remember the meaning of the word.

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