adjective (disapproving)
1 produced without effort or careful thought:
a facile remark / generalization * It seems too facile to blame everything on his mishandling of the crisis.
2 [onlybeforenoun] (formal) obtained too easily and having little value:
a facile victory
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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