Adjectives Beginning with the Letter "f"

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Below are definitions to the less common "f" adjectives used in the puzzle above:

• facetious Intended to be humorous but often silly or inappropriate.
• facile 1. Requiring little effort; easy to do. 2. Made or arrived at without any serious thought or depth of feeling and therefore of little value or significance. 3. Working or done smoothly and easily.
• faithful True or trustworthy in the performance of duty, the fulfillment of promises or obligations. Synonyms: authentic, believable, constant, correct, dependable, dedicated, devoted, exact, staunch, true to life, trustworthy.
• fallow 1. (Used to describe land) Left unseeded after being plowed; uncultivated. Fallow can also be used as a noun to refer to the unseeded land itself. Synonyms: uncultivated, unplanted, unseeded, untilled, unused. 2. Currently inactive but with the possibility of activity or use in the future. 3. Light yellowish brown.
• feasible 1. Capable of being accomplished. 2. Capable of being successfully utilized; suitable. 3. Fairly probable; likely. Synonyms: achievable, likely, possible, practical, realistic, viable.
• fervent 1. Moved by or showing great warmth or intensity, as of emotion or enthusiasm; ardent. 2. (Poetic) Very hot; burning; glowing as a result of intense heat. Synonyms: ardent, avid, eager, enthusiastic, impassioned, intense, keen, passionate, vehement, zealous. [Derives from Latin: fervere to boil.]
• fey 1. Behaving or talking in unusual, uninhibited ways that suggest possible psychiatric disorder. 2Acting as if enchanted or under a spell. 3. Supposedly able to see into the future; clairvoyant. 4. Suggestive of a sprite. Synonyms: capricious, fanciful, fantastical, irrational, otherworldly, whimsical [Derives from Old French fae fairy.]
• filial 1. Of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter. 2. (Genetics) Describes the first generation that results from crossing two parental lines.
• fiscal Of or pertaining to the treasury or finances of a government; relating to public revenues; financial. [Derives from French, from Latin: fiscus purse.]
• florid 1. Having a ruddy color, especially of the type typical of high blood pressure; flushed with redness. 2. Ornate to an excessive degree; flowery. [Derives from Latin floridus flowery.]
• fractious 1.Apt to be unruly or rebellious. 2. Easily annoyed or angered. 3. Irritable and likely to complain or misbehave. Synonyms: complaining, grumpy, irritable, peevish, restless, touchy.
• friable Easily crumbled or pulverized. Synonyms: brittle, crumbly, fragile. [Derives from French, from Latin: friare to crumble.]
• furtive 1. Done in secret; surreptitious; stealthy; clandestine. 2. Evasive; shifty. [Derives from French, from Latin; fur thief.]

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