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Word entry · 6 letters

facile

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"Too easy"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfæs.aɪl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acefilStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • […] as he that is benummed with cold, sits still shaking, that might relieve himselfe with a little exercise or stirring, doe they complaine, but will not use the facile and ready meanes to doe themselves good; […]
  • His facile disposition made him many friends.
  • Her writing was facile and articulate.

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