Definition of facile Facile

/fæˈsʌl/ - [fatsul] - fac•ile

We found 14 definitions of facile from 5 different sources.

What does facile mean?

Adjective
facile - performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"
		effortless requiring or apparently requiring no effort; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air"
facile - arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
facile - expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
		eloquent, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
		articulate expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings"

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facile (Adjective)
Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy.
facile (Adjective)
Effortless, fluent of work, abilities etc..
facile (Adjective)
Lazy, simplistic especially of explanations, discussions etc..
facile (Adjective)
Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.

facile (a.)
Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.
facile (a.)
Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.
facile (a.)
Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
facile (a.)
Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.
facile (a.)
Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.

facile
fas′il, adj. easily persuaded: affable: yielding: easy of access or accomplishment: courteous: easy.—n. Fac′ileness.—v.t. Facil′itāte, to make easy: to lessen difficulty.—ns. Facilitā′tion; Facil′ity, quality of being facile; dexterity: easiness to be persuaded: pliancy: easiness of access: affability: (Scots law) a condition of mental weakness short of idiocy, but such as makes a person easily persuaded to do deeds to his own prejudice:—pl. Facil′ities, means that render anything easily done. [Fr.,—L. facilis, easy—facĕre, to do.]