facileness

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noun

superficiality, glibness

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Meanings

nounfacileness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablesuperficiality, glibness

    But hipster critics also saw a facileness in the way he attracted legal trouble and then made it part of his act.

    2004 December 3, Ben Schwartz, “The Comedy Behind the Tragedy”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

* from facile + -ness

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Cite this entry
APA

facileness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facileness

MLA

“facileness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facileness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “facileness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facileness.

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