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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fac·ile ETYMOLOGY Middle French, from Latin facilis, from facere to do — more at do DATE 15th century 1. a. (1) easily accomplished or attained a facile victory (2) shallow , simplistic I am not concerned…with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem — T. S. Eliot b. used or comprehended with ease c. readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth facile tears 2. archaic : mild or pleasing in manner or disposition 3. a. ready , fluent facile prose b. poised , assured Synonyms: see easy English Etymology facile 1483, from M.Fr . facile "easy," from L. facilis "easy to do" and, of persons, "pliant, courteous," from facere "to do" (see factitious). Facilitate is from 1611.http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 facile fa·cile / 5fAsail; NAmE 5fAsl / adjective(disapproving) 1. produced without effort or careful thought 轻率作出的；不动脑筋的 SYN glib :
a facile remark / generalization 信口开河；随意概括 2. [only before noun] (formal) obtained too easily and having little value 轻易可得的；得来容易的: a facile victory 唾手可得的胜利 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: EASY 1, effortless, light, royal, simple, smooth, untroublesome Related Words: adroit, deft, dexterous; fluent, glib, voluble; cursory, shallow, superficial, uncritical Contrasted Words: awkward, clumsy, constrained, cumbersome, labored, maladroit; tongue-tied; deep, profound, thorough Antonyms: arduous Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fac·ile \ˈfasəl also -(ˌ)sil, chiefly Brit -ˌsīl\ adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin facilis, from facere to make, do + -ilis -ile — more at do 1. a. : easily accomplished or attained : involving no special difficulty or expenditure of skill or effort : easy < a facile victory > sometimes : specious , superficial < the work is well-organized but the conclusions and interpretations are often unduly facile > < I am not concerned … with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem — T.S.Eliot > b. : used or comprehended with ease < the techniques of paper chromatography have provided facilemeans of separating complex organic mixtures > < the report proved to be surprisingly facile reading > c. of feelings, emotions, attitudes : readily experienced or manifest and often lacking sincerity, depth, or real basis < sick of words and phrases and facile emotions and situations and insincerities — Rose Macaulay > < we must possess a peculiarly facile turn of mind when we can virtuously condemn the cruelties perpetrated in other countries, while … we avert our eyes from the cruelties we ourselves continue to condone — Farley Mowat > 2. a. archaic : easily led or prevailed upon : compliant , docile , yielding b. Scots law : so easily influenced as to require curatorship or guardianship — used of the mentally weak; compare facility 3b3. : mild or pleasing in manner or disposition: a. archaic : lenient and gentle : not stern, severe, or harsh b. obsolete : kind and affable c. : exhibiting ease of bearing or manner : assured , poised 4. : free and unrestrained in performing or expressing : ready , resourceful , quick , fluent , expert : not hesitant, barren, slow, or awkward < a man facile in expedients > < the most facile and prolific of humorists — Alfred Kreymborg > Synonyms: see easy |
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