That problem looked like it could be solved in a facile manner, but it was really quite difficult. From LearnThat.org.
A facile hand. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Too facile a solution for so complex a problem. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Able to dazzle with his facile tongue. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Brissot became known as a facile and able writer, and was engaged on the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
He has what is called a facile pen, though it sometimes runs away with him. From Wordnik.com. [Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography] Reference
But she cautioned that it was "facile" to describe the proposal as a response to political pressure. From Wordnik.com. [More seats at U-Va. could ease admission woes] Reference
My point has always been that it's not the business of The New York Times to engage in this kind of facile prognostication. From Wordnik.com. [Erik Lundegaard: Why the New York Times Shouldn't Try to Predict Summer Box Office] Reference
The word facile is out of place. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Harsanyi, What is so "facile" about sticking up for the Constitution?. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
It's kind of facile to read it without the music, but you'll get the point. From Wordnik.com. [Caroline County, VA JUSTICE] Reference
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has also described the suggestion as "facile". From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie] Reference
He called the commissioner's recommendations - which the government accepted - "facile" and "banal.". From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Pretty sure that part about the guys argument being "facile" and "downright un-American" IS ATTACKING THE MESSAGE. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
It's the kind of facile reasoning that plays well for populist politicians and publishers, but it simply doesn't work. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
"retrospectively speaking". kennethpatchen wrote: Harsanyi, What is so "facile" about sticking up for the. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
It's a bit too facile to say he needn't have worried. From Wordnik.com. [Forgiving Bill Buckner] Reference
Nam imperium facile his artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
"There's a lot there," Kerrey flashed, angered by my facile thickness. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Love Dole] Reference
I began to think my idea of seeing Everest from a road was too facile. From Wordnik.com. [On the Road,] Reference
Once again, Samuelson uses facts and figures to create a facile argument. From Wordnik.com. [Silvio's Swan Song] Reference
But don't write off his Roman echoes as gimmicks contrived for facile effect. From Wordnik.com. [American Caesars by Nigel Hamilton] Reference
It is facile and generally wrong to draw conclusions based on one day of trading. From Wordnik.com. [The Softer Side of Sears] Reference
Though the figures were facile, this work is the most emotional of Hitler's oeuvre. From Wordnik.com. [From Art To Hate] Reference
Some children prove extremely expressive and facile, while others are limited by nature. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
A more facile mind than mine has pointed out that this represented — poetic justice. From Wordnik.com. [When Will the Poetic Violence End?] Reference
And he will never approach Tiger's facile personal style that makes him a sponsor's dream. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Rival For Tiger] Reference
But it's facile to pretend that after a political event of such magnitude, nothing changes. From Wordnik.com. [Forget About That 'Water's Edge' Stuff] Reference
It would be facile for them to carry the war thence into the loyal States north of the river. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
That second voice, while facile with words, relies more on tone to be the tonic, the palliative. From Wordnik.com. [A Legacy, Not A Blueprint] Reference
It's both powerful and infuriating, brilliant and facile, hilarious and horrific, witty and demagogic. From Wordnik.com. [Son Of A Gun] Reference
But, like many another famous quote, this one has been edited down by the facile repetition of simple minds. From Wordnik.com. [The Rule of Order 17] Reference
They tried to mollify their victims with facile apologies and out-of-court settlements while business went on as usual. From Wordnik.com. [The Mideast Showdown] Reference
Trying to bridge the two might resurrect his old nickname, "Slick Willy," and make him seem more facile than he really is. From Wordnik.com. [More Inspection For Mr. Beef] Reference
He's so facile and sensitive, especially in composition, that every collision of images looks deft and "right" in the same way. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Future] Reference
But no matter how facile he becomes at expressing himself in English, insecurity persists -- a sense the author certainly shares. From Wordnik.com. [The Americanization of Ha Jin] Reference
But no matter how facile he becomes at expressing himself in English, insecurity persists — a sense the author certainly shares. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons In English] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.