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Facile Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Facile? [adj] expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [adj] performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a facile hand" [adj] arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Facile: articulate \| easy \| effortless \| eloquent \| fluent \| silver \| silver-tongued \| smooth-spoken \| superficial Related Terms \| Find terms related to Facile: 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 See Also \| Facile In Webster's Dictionary \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. Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. --Evelyn. 2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered. The facile gates of hell too slightly barred. --Milton. 3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant. I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. --B. Jonson. 4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible. Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost Paradise, deceived by me. --Milton. 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. 5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen. -- {Fac"ile-ly}, adv. -- {Fac"ile*ness}, n.

Facile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Facile?

[adj] expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
[adj] performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a facile hand"
[adj] arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

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Facile In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         Order . . . will render the work facile and
         delightful.                           --Evelyn.

2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable;
   readily mastered.

         The facile gates of hell too slightly barred.
                                               --Milton.

3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty,
   austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.

         I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. --B.
                                               Jonson.

4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a
   fault; pliant; flexible.

         Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost
         Paradise, deceived by me.             --Milton.

         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.

5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he
   wields a facile pen. -- {Fac"ile-ly}, adv. --
   {Fac"ile*ness}, n.

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