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.

Origin of facile

1475–85; < Latin facilis that can be done, easy, equivalent to fac(ere) to do, make + -ilis -ile

OTHER WORDS FROM facile

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH facile

facile facilitate facility felicitate

Example sentences from the Web for facilely

British Dictionary definitions for facilely

facile
/ (ˈfæsaɪl) /

adjective

easy to perform or achieve
working or moving easily or smoothly
without depth; superficial a facile solution
archaic relaxed in manner; easygoing

Derived forms of facile

facilely, adverb facileness, noun

Word Origin for facile

C15: from Latin facilis easy, from facere to do