facile

The definition of facile is something that uses little effort or is easy to do.

(adjective)

An example of facile is winning a game against a team that isn't very good.

See facile in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not hard to do or achieve; easy
acting, working, or done easily, or in a quick, smooth way; fluent; ready: a facile wit
using or showing little effort and not sincere or profound; superficial: a facile solution, facile emotions
Now Rare easy to influence or persuade; affable

Origin: Fr < L facilis < facere, do

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See facile in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy. See Synonyms at easy.
Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency.
Arrived at without due care, effort, or examination; superficial: proposed a facile solution to a complex problem.
Readily manifested, together with an aura of insincerity and lack of depth: a facile slogan devised by politicians.
Archaic Pleasingly mild, as in disposition or manner.

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin facilis; see dhē- in Indo-European roots

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