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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fac•ile /ˈfæsɪl/USA pronunciation adj. - quick in comprehension or action:a facile mind in learning languages.
- superficial;
shallow:facile answers to hard questions. - fluent;
effortless:a facile writing style.
fac•ile•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fac•ile (fas′il or, esp. Brit., -īl),USA pronunciation adj. - 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.
- Latin facilis that can be done, easy, equivalent. to fac(ere) to do, make + -ilis -ile
- 1475–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged smooth, flowing, fluent; glib.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged superficial.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bland, suave; urbane.
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