facile

English - Turkish

Definition of facile in English Turkish dictionary

asan

yüzeysel

kolay elde edilmiş

basit

kolay yapılmış

anlamsız

derinliği olmayan

kolay

becerikli

cana yakın

yumuşak huylu

mahir

{s} uysal

kolay inanan

{s} saf

{s} rahat

{s} usta

usta/kolay

{s} akıcı

ucuz

Related Terms

facilely

uysalca

facilely

akıcı bir tarzla

facilely

saf saf

facilely

kolayca

English - English

Definition of facile in English English dictionary

Now specifically, easy in a disparaging sense; taking minimal effort; lazy, simplistic

His facile approach to the task meant he would not achieve the best possible results.

Easy

as he that is benumbed with cold sits shaking, that might relieve himself with a little exercise or stirring, do they complain, but will not use the facile and ready means to do themselves good .

Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with

His facile disposition made him many friends.

not difficult to do

{a} easy to be done flexible, pliant

expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"

arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor

Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen

Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered

disapproval If you describe someone's arguments or suggestions as facile, you are criticizing them because their ideas are too simple and indicate a lack of careful, intelligent thinking. The subject of racism is admittedly too complex for facile summarization. = simplistic

arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem

performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a facile hand"

Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant

{s} easily done, accomplished without difficulty; moving in an easy manner, unconstrained; gentle, pleasant; flexible, yielding

Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible

Easily done or used; taking little effort; lazy

Related Terms

facilely

in an easy manner, without difficulty; with ease, in an unconstrained manner; gently, pleasantly; flexibly, yieldingly

facilely

In a facile manner

Hyphenation

fac·ile

Turkish pronunciation

fäsıl

Synonyms

accomplished, adept, adroit, apparent, articulate, breeze, child’s play, cursory, deft, dexterous, easy as pie, effortless, fast talk, flip, fluent

Antonyms

arduous, complicated, confusing, difficult, hard, involved, laborious, profound

Pronunciation

/ˈfasəl/ /ˈfæsəl/

Etymology

() From Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, literally doable”), from facere (“to do, make”).