'Facile' definitions:
Definition of 'facile'
From: WordNet
adjective
Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
adjective
Performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"
adjective
Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken]
Definition of 'Facile'
From: GCIDE
- Facile \Fac"ile\a. [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F. facile. Srr Fact, and cf. Faculty.]
- 1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor. [1913 Webster]
- Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered. [1913 Webster]
- The facile gates of hell too slightly barred. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant. [1913 Webster]
- I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible. [1913 Webster]
- Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost Paradise, deceived by me. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen. -- {Fac"ile*ly}, adv. -- {Fac"ile*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'facile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptable,
- adroit,
- apt,
- bendable,
- bending,
- biddable,
- bright,
- casual,
- clear,
- clever,
- compliant,
- cursory,
- cushy,
- deft,
- dexterous,
- dib,
- docile,
- ductile,
- easy,
- easy as pie,
- educable,
- effortless,
- elastic,
- elegant,
- extensible,
- extensile,
- fabricable,
- fictile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- flexuous,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- formable,
- formative,
- giving,
- glib,
- graceful,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- instructable,
- intelligent,
- light,
- like putty,
- limber,
- lissome,
- lithe,
- lithesome,
- malleable,
- Mickey Mouse,
- moldable,
- motivated,
- nothing to it,
- painless,
- plain,
- plastic,
- pleasing,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- quick,
- ready,
- receptive,
- responsive,
- ripe for instruction,
- royal,
- schoolable,
- sensitive,
- sequacious,
- shallow,
- shapable,
- simple,
- simple as ABC,
- smooth,
- soft,
- springy,
- straightforward,
- submissive,
- superficial,
- supple,
- susceptible,
- teachable,
- thirsty for knowledge,
- tractable,
- tractile,
- trainable,
- tripping,
- unburdensome,
- uncomplicated,
- uncritical,
- untroublesome,
- voluble,
- whippy,
- willing,
- willowy,
- yielding