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fac⋅ile

  [fas-il or, especially Brit., -ahyl]
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–adjective
1. moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
2. easily done, performed, used, etc.: a facile victory; a facile method.
3. easy or unconstrained, as manners or persons.
4. affable, agreeable, or complaisant; easily influenced: a facile temperament; facile people.
Origin:
1475–85; < L facilis that can be done, easy, equiv. to fac(ere) to do, make + -ilis -ile

Related forms:
fac⋅ile⋅ly, adverb
fac⋅ile⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. smooth, flowing, fluent; glib. 2. superficial. 3. bland, suave; urbane.
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fac·ile   (fās'əl)   
adj.  

  1. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy. See Synonyms at easy.

  2. Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency.

  3. Arrived at without due care, effort, or examination; superficial: proposed a facile solution to a complex problem.

  4. Readily manifested, together with an aura of insincerity and lack of depth: a facile slogan devised by politicians.

  5. Archaic Pleasingly mild, as in disposition or manner.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin facilis; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
fac'ile·ly adv., fac'ile·ness n.
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Main Entry:  facile1
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  easily accomplished or attained; easy
Etymology:  Latin facilis 'easy to do'
Main Entry:  facile2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  flowing; moving effortlessly
Etymology:  Latin facilis 'easy to do'
Main Entry:  facile3
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  affable and courteous; mild
Etymology:  Latin facilis 'easy to do'
Main Entry:  facile4
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  compliant, yielding; docile
Etymology:  Latin facilis 'easy to do'
Main Entry:  facile5
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  resourceful, quick; expert
Etymology:  Latin facilis 'easy to do'
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Computing Dictionary

Facile language
A concurrent extension of ML from ECRC.
(http://ecrc.de/facile/facile_home.html).
["Facile: A Symmetric Integration of Concurrent and Functional Programming", A. Giacalone et al, Intl J Parallel Prog 18(2):121-160, Apr 1989].
(1994-12-01)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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