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Comparative for very easy or involving minimal effort
“It is, at all times, a more facile task to excite passions than to satisfy reason.”
Comparative for ignoring the true complexities of an issue
“Ideological polarizations on educational issues tend to be facile and premature.”
Comparative for denoting an effortless or fluent ability
“During the first century of independence, there were many facile musicians and painters, but their abilities were stifled by their environment.”
(now rare) Comparative for easy to get along with
“His facile disposition made him many friends.”
Comparative for able to flatter, seduce, and persuade with words
Comparative for polite, elegant, and sophisticated in manner
Comparative for versatile, able to do many different things
Comparative for lacking in originality, variation, spirit or energy
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