facile

clear, comfortable, easily, easy, effortless, elementary, empty, evident, facile, glib, hollow, no difficulty, no problem, obvious, orderly, plain, simple, slick, smooth, straightforward, uncomplicated

• les avantages d’une journée communautaire de nettoyage sont faciles à constater - the benefits of a community clean-up day are clear (plain) to see
• il est beaucoup plus facile pour le comité de prendre ses décisions à huis clos - it is much more comfortable for the committee to make its decisions behind closed doors
• il est facile de conclure du bien-fondé de cette mesure - it is easy to recognize the relevance of this measure
• le système de gestion des documents permet l’extraction facile des données - the records management system permits effortless information retrieval
• bon nombre d’entre nous trouvons cette approche trop facile - many of us believe this approach is too elementary (facile)
• des promesses faciles comme celle-là ont des répercussions - empty (glib, hollow) promises like that have repercussions
• le ministre estime que le choix devrait être très facile - the minister thinks that the choice should be quite evident (obvious)
• il serait facile d’obtenir les fonds nécessaires - there would be no difficulty (problem) getting the necessary funding
• garantir une transition facile vers de nouveaux modes de prestation de services - ensure an orderly (a smooth) transition to the new service delivery modes
• il n’existe pas de solution facile au problème - there is no simple (easy) solution to this problem
• conclure un marché rapide et facile - negotiate a quick, slick deal
• ces questions sont assez faciles - these are rather straightforward questions
• le plan semble relativement facile - the plan seems relatively uncomplicated

NOTE: In some instances, the adjective facile may be translated into English by an adverb (e.g. easily). When facile is followed by an infinitive verb (e.g. facile à adapter), it can be rendered by an English adjective ending with the suffix -able, (e.g. adaptable).

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