FACILE
\fˈasa͡ɪl], \fˈasaɪl], \f_ˈa_s_aɪ_l]\
Definitions of FACILE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
By Princeton University
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arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.
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Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.
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Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
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Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.
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Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.
By Oddity Software
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Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.
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Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.
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Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
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Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.
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Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
