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Today's Word "facile"

Easily done or performed on

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facile \FAS-uhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Easily done or performed; not difficult. 2 : Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; as, "too facile a solution for so complex a problem." 3 : Ready; quick; expert; as, "he is facile in expedients"; "he wields a facile pen."

"As everyone was quick to notice, the quarterly report was a very facile sort of speculation not supported by the facts or even by common sense."

 

Facile derives from Latin facilis, "easy."


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