adjective
- Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth.
- usage: "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
- Performing adroitly and without effort.
- usage: "a facile hand"
- Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
- usage: "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
- synonyms: eloquent, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
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