| word | facile |
|---|---|
| definition | (1) Easily accomplished. (2) Shallow, superficial. |
| eg_sentence | The principal made a facile argument for the school's policy, but no one was convinced. |
| explanation | A facile suggestion doesn't deal with the issue in any depth, and a facile solution may be only temporarily effective. A facile writer is one who seems to write too quickly and easily, and a careful reader may discover that the writer hasn't really said very much. |
| IPA | ˈfæsəl |
Tags: mwvb::unit:11, mwvb::unit:11:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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