facile

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
- "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
performing adroitly and without effort
- "a facile hand"
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"

Adj

Easy; contemptibly easy.
Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with.
Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).
Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from Latin facere (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”) Compare Spanish fácil (“easy”). First use appears c. 1484 in a translation by William Caxton.

Synonyms

eloquent, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken

Scrabble Score: 11

facile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
facile is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
facile is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

facile is a valid Words With Friends word