facilely
1
6.7
- adverb
- /ˈfæslɪli/
- Formal
:
fácilmente
- The coach explained the strategy so facilely that even the beginners understood it immediately.
- too facilely
Examples
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Surely Kipling, M.S.S. beyond count behind him, had already got the power of writing facilely.
Academic text (2003) -
This bond, however, should never be viewed facilely or reductively.
Academic text (1998) -
Ryan talked facilely of what "science" says in this case.
Blog text (32) -
This statement is facilely true and has absolutely no meaning or probative value.
Blog text (18) -
Vera, good old Vera, didn't make the usual facilely sympathetic noises.
Fiction book (1994) -
You see... it is your bounden duty, for the performance or nonperformance of which your conscience holds you answerable, that you should keep your pen point sharp and clean, and try all you know to get a style that commands attention and the power of writing facilely.
Academic text (2003) -
Few critics examine Othello's conversation with Desdemona to understand any change in his feelings towards her, assuming, as Moison does, that the seduction is facilely achieved.
Academic text (2005) -
What falls out of his picture are the other kinds of actions the Jesus movement performed—and the radicality of the challenge of this movement to the authorities, who certainly do not fall into our presumed categories, which facilely distinguish "religious," "political," "social," and "intellectual" authorities, a point made far more clearly by Schüssler Fiorenza, among others.
Academic text (2007) -
He solved the puzzle facilely, making it seem like an easy task for everyone watching.
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Some students learn new concepts facilely, while others may need more time and support.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Without much effort
163
2.3
Without trouble or delay
110
1.0
You do this in a plain way without extra things
3
7.7
Speak in a smooth way that does not seem honest
1
7.7
Quickly and not carefully, so you miss details
How Easily
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Facilely comes from the Latin root facil-, meaning 'easy', and you can see the same root in facility and facilitate. So to act facilely is to do something 'easily', often with the idea that it may be too simple or not careful.