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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

Polite, elegant, and sophisticated in manner

Having many sides

Not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought

Able to express oneself easily and articulately

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

unsophisticated

easily learnable

no muss no fuss

able to speak or write

middle-of-the-road

a piece of piss

straight sailing

easily accomplished

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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

Polite, elegant, and sophisticated in manner

well turned out

well brought up

well brought-up

smartly dressed

well turned-out

fashionably dressed

having been around

up to the minute

dressed to kill

oversophisticated

with good taste

bang up to date

dressed to the teeth

larger than life

as if one had just stepped out of a bandbox

industrialized^US

well-brought-up

fully developed

highly-developed

industrialised^UK

intellectualistic

intellectualist

in the mainstream

with experience

in high feather

well put together

dressed to the nines

with a knowledge of

with an understanding of

well-turned-out

aesthetically pleasing

sharp as a tack

hyperintelligent

thought-provoking

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

artistically aware

knowing what's what

well thought out

intellectually aware

abreast of the facts

well versed in the ways of the world

state-of-the-art

thinking outside the box

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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

bred in the bone

highly regarded

part and parcel

life-preserving

life-sustaining

name-of-the-game

of high standing

mission-critical

dyed-in-the-wool

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

Not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought

Adjective

Able to express oneself easily and articulately

smooth operator

thought through

having kissed the Blarney Stone

with the gift of the gab

representational

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Adjective

Containing wax

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

soul-destroying

unsophisticated

past their sell-by date

dull as ditchwater

run-of-the-mine

standardized^US

conventionalized

standardised^UK

like a dinosaur

middle of the road

nothing special

fair-to-middling

readily available

widely available

fair to middling

of poor quality

the worse for wear

matter-of-course

straightforward

unexceptionable

inconsequential

par for the course

nothing out of the ordinary

sufficiently good

moderately good

unobjectionable

of no consequence

unextraordinary

petit-bourgeois

blending into the background

matter-of- fact

better than nothing

cheap and commonplace

neither one thing nor the other

lacking personality

lacking charisma

of little consequence

of little importance

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

property-owning

nothing to shout about

run-of-the mill

not amounting to much

pure and simple

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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

keen as mustard

ready and willing

champing at the bit

as keen as mustard

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

chomping at the bit

pulling no punches

easily provoked

on a short fuse

untrammelled^UK

foaming at the mouth

jumping up and down

on the edge of one's seat

on pins and needles

waiting with bated breath

hankering after

highly complimentary

highly favourable

goody two-shoes

coming on strong

running a temperature

with a temperature

with a high temperature

having the shakes

meaning what one says

meaning business

beside yourself

driven to distraction

out of one's wits

full of confusion

full of ups and downs

full of conflict

full of upheavals

blowing hot and cold

easily agitated

easily frightened

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