fac|ile

fac|ile «FAS uhl», adjective.

1. easily done or used; taking little effort: »

Lazy people seek facile tasks.

2. moving, acting, or working easily or rapidly: »

The gossip has a facile tongue.

SYNONYM(S): ready, expert, dexterous.

3. of easy manners or temper; gentle; agreeable; yielding: »

Her facile nature adapted itself to any group of people without effort. Since Adam and his facile consort Eve lost Paradise (Milton).

SYNONYM(S): flexible, mild.

4. Obsolete. easy to understand.

╂[< Old French facile, learned borrowing from Latin facilis easy < facere do]

–fac´ile|ly, adverb.

–fac´ile|ness, noun.