facile
[ fas-il or, esp. British, -ahyl ]
/ ˈfæs ɪl or, esp. British, -aɪl /
adjective
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
easily done, performed, used, etc.: a facile victory; a facile method.
easy or unconstrained, as manners or persons.
affable, agreeable, or complaisant; easily influenced: a facile temperament; facile people.
RELATED WORDS
glib, hasty, effortless, accomplished, adept, adroit, apparent, articulate, breeze, cursory, deft, dexterous, flip, fluent, light, obvious, picnic, practiced, proficient, pushover
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Origin of facile
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facile facilitate facility felicitateDefinition for facile (2 of 2)
facile princeps
[ fah-ki-le pring-keps; English fas-uh-lee prin-seps ]
/ ˈfɑ kɪˌlɛ ˈprɪŋ kɛps; English ˈfæs ə li ˈprɪn sɛps /
Latin.
easily the first or best.
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British Dictionary definitions for facile (1 of 2)
facile
/ (ˈfæsaɪl) /
adjective
easy to perform or achieve
working or moving easily or smoothly
without depth; superficiala facile solution
archaic relaxed in manner; easygoing
Derived Forms
facilely, adverbfacileness, nounWord Origin for facile
C15: from Latin facilis easy, from facere to do
British Dictionary definitions for facile (2 of 2)
facile princeps
/ Latin (ˈfæsɪlɪ ˈprɪnsɛps) /
noun
an obvious leader
Word Origin for facile princeps
literally: easily first
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