fac·ile (f?s??l)adj.1. a. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy: a facile victory.b. Working, acting, or done with ease and fluency: a facile writer; facile prose. See Synonyms at easy.2. Arrived at or presented without due care, effort, or examination; superficial: We don’t need another facile solution to a complex problem.3. Archaic Pleasingly mild, as in disposition or manner.[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin facilis; see dh?- in Indo-European roots.]fac?ile·ly adv.fac?ile·ness n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.facile (?fæsa?l) adj1. easy to perform or achieve2. working or moving easily or smoothly3. without depth; superficial: a facile solution. 4. archaic relaxed in manner; easygoing[C15: from Latin facilis easy, from facere to do] ?facilely adv ?facileness nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014fac?ile (?fæs ?l; esp. Brit. -a?l) adj. 1. quick in comprehension or action: a facile mind. 2. superficial; shallow: a facile answer to a hard question. 3. easily accomplished or attained: a facile performance. 4. fluent; effortless: a facile writing style. 5. Archaic. easy or unconstrained, as manners or persons. [1475?85;