Значение

значений: 5
  1. (пренебрежительное, обычно)Easy; contemptibly easy.

    leicht, mühelos

  2. Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).

    Her writing was facile and articulate.

  3. Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).

    He arrived with a facile understanding of her works.

  4. Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.

    Decarboxylation of beta-keto acids is facile.

  5. (архаичное)Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with.

    His facile disposition made him many friends.

Ещё определения
  • performing adroitly and without effort
  • superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
  • expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

Примеры

предложений: 7
  1. The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

  2. It's not that your criticism is too controversial, but that it's facile.

  3. The poem is facile.

  4. The plot is facile.

  5. That rhyme is facile.

    deDieser Reim ist oberflächlich.

Переводы

языков: 5
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По значениям 1
easy, taking minimal effort:

Происхождение

Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from

Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from Latin facere (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”) Compare Spanish and Portuguese fácil (“easy”), Catalan fàcil, Romanian facil. First use appears c. 1484 in a translation by William Caxton.

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Формы

more facile, most facile
Сравнительная степеньmore facile Урок
Превосходная степеньmost facile Урок

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 7
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 13

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