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facileness
Variant of facile
facile
definition
fac·ile (fas′il)
adjective
- not hard to do or achieve; easy
- acting, working, or done easily, or in a quick, smooth way; fluent; ready a facile wit
- using or showing little effort and not sincere or profound; superficial a facile solution, facile emotions
- Now Rare easy to influence or persuade; affable
Etymology: Fr < L facilis < facere, do
Related Forms:
- facilely fac′·ilely adverb
- facileness fac′·ile·ness noun
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