facile
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(derogatory, usually)(now usually derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy.
- 2.
(archaic)(now rare) Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with.
His facile disposition made him many friends.
- 3.
Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
Her writing was facile and articulate.
- 4.
Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).
He arrived with a facile understanding of her works.
- 5.
(chemistry) Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
Decarboxylation of beta-keto acids is facile.
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ine-pro 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 and fácil, fàcil, facil. First use appears c. 1484 in a translation by William Caxton.