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Very easy or involving minimal effort

Ignoring the true complexities of an issue

Denoting an effortless or fluent ability

(now rare) Easy to get along with

Lacking intellectual depth or substance

Polite, elegant, and sophisticated in manner

Having many sides

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Expressing opinions or feelings freely or loudly

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Adjective

Very easy or involving minimal effort

straightforward

a piece of cake

as easy as falling off a log

money for old rope

a walk in the park

a piece of old tackle

a five-finger exercise

self-explanatory

easily learnable

no muss no fuss

low-maintenance

unsophisticated

easily operated

easy to understand

easy to care for

straight sailing

like shooting fish in a barrel

like stealing candy from a baby

like falling off a log

easily accomplished

without a hitch

easily understood

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“It is, at all times, a more facile task to excite passions than to satisfy reason.”

Adjective

Ignoring the true complexities of an issue

“Ideological polarizations on educational issues tend to be facile and premature.”

Adjective

Denoting an effortless or fluent ability

extraordinarily skilled

exceptionally skilled

immensely skilled

highly qualified

out of this world

nimble-fingered

having the know-how

having a knack for

supremely skilled

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“During the first century of independence, there were many facile musicians and painters, but their abilities were stifled by their environment.”

Adjective

(now rare) Easy to get along with

“His facile disposition made him many friends.”

Adjective

Lacking intellectual depth or substance

Adjective

Polite, elegant, and sophisticated in manner

well brought up

well brought-up

having been around

with good taste

oversophisticated

larger than life

industrialized^US

well-brought-up

industrialised^UK

intellectualistic

intellectualist

with experience

highly-developed

with an understanding of

with a knowledge of

know one's stuff

sharp as a tack

hyperintelligent

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

thought-provoking

fully developed

aesthetically pleasing

abreast of the facts

well thought out

well versed in the ways of the world

knowing what's what

thinking outside the box

artistically aware

intellectually aware

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Adjective

Rudimentary

straightforward

meat-and-potatoes

meat and potatoes

at the heart of

vitally important

of great consequence

of the utmost importance

earth-shattering

bread-and-butter

highly regarded

life-preserving

life-sustaining

name-of-the-game

of high standing

mission-critical

pure and simple

of great import

no laughing matter

of significance

decision-making

demanding attention

carrying a lot of weight

hanging by thread

ground-breaking

business-critical

first-generation

worthy of attention

organizational^US

configurational

in anticipation of

well thought of

in the public eye

organisational^UK

most influential

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Adjective

Having many sides

Adjective

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

run-of-the-mill

dull as dishwater

undistinguished

middle-of-the-road

no great shakes

nothing to write home about

common or garden

lacking variety

run of the mill

lacking variation

lacking excitement

lacking interest

nothing to get excited about

unsophisticated

soul-destroying

past their sell-by date

run-of-the-mine

dull as ditchwater

standardized^US

conventionalized

standardised^UK

middle of the road

nothing special

fair-to-middling

readily available

widely available

fair to middling

of poor quality

matter-of-course

par for the course

inconsequential

long-established

of no consequence

nothing out of the ordinary

common or garden variety

common-or-garden

unexceptionable

straightforward

well established

recognizable^US

recognisable^UK

cheap and commonplace

moderately good

blending into the background

in established usage

one-size-fits-all

of little consequence

of little importance

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

neither one thing nor the other

occurring often

matter-of- fact

tried and tested

individualistic

standard operating procedure

playing it safe

according to Hoyle

only to be expected

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Adjective

Expressing opinions or feelings freely or loudly

straightforward

straight from the shoulder

straight-talking

straight-shooting

not beating about the bush

not pulling any punches

laying it on the line

calling spade a spade

not afraid to call a spade a spade

on the up and up

lay it on the line

speaking straight from the shoulder

telling it like it is

laid on the line

honest-to-goodness

square-shooting

meaning what one says

saying what one thinks

call a spade a spade

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