fac·ile
(făśəl)
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin facilis.]
adjective
- Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy. See synonyms at easy
- Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency.
- Arrived at without due care, effort, or examination; superficial: proposed a facile solution to a complex problem.
- Readily manifested, together with an aura of insincerity and lack of depth: a facile slogan devised by politicians.
- Archaic Pleasingly mild, as in disposition or manner.
derivatives
- faćile·ly
- adverb
- faćile·ness
- noun