Definition of facile:

part of speech: adjective

Easy to be done; yielding.

Common misspellings * :

• facila (33.3%)
• facilies (66.7%)

Usage examples :

• No other of our wood- folk has such a facile emotional tail as the red squirrel. "The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers", - John Burroughs

• Though they are popularly considered to be so facile and adaptable, they are in truth the most obstinate, one- idead, single- sided race on earth barring none except, possibly, the Italians. "Memoirs of an American Prima Donna", - Clara Louise Kellogg

• It is a very small bird, and has a long, facile slender tail. "Wake-Robin", - John Burroughs

• Dennis waited respectfully till the facile pen glided through the sentence, and then Mr. Ludolph looked up. "Barriers Burned Away", - E. P. Roe