facileness

fac·ile

(făs′əl)

adj.

a. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy: a facile victory.

b. Working, acting, or done with ease and fluency: a facile writer; facile prose. See Synonyms at easy.

2. Arrived at or presented without due care, effort, or examination; superficial: We don't need another facile solution to a complex problem.

3. Archaic Pleasingly mild, as in disposition or manner.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin facilis; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

fac′ile·ly adv.

fac′ile·ness n.

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facileness

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The ability to perform without apparent effort:

ease, easiness, effortlessness, facility, readiness.

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