facile

Pronunciation key ( fas′ʼl ) ( fas′il ) Webster's and Funk & Wagnalls differentiate on pronunciation keys

fac•ile

adj.

[ <F <L facilis easy to do < facere do, to make]

1. Ease of performance.
2. Ease in gaining or readily mastering.
3. Easily moving, persuading or yielding.
4. Readily performing. Pliant. Dexterous. Affable. Fluent such as a facile mind.
5. Not difficult to perform, moving or working easily, easy to influence.

Syn. Easy

fac′ile·ly adv. — fac′ile·ness n.

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1976