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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  Facile
       
           A concurrent extension of ML from ECRC.
       
          http://www.ecrc.de/facile/facile_home.html)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.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)
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Facile \Fac"ile\a. [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or
     made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F.
     facile. Srr Fact, and cf. Faculty.]
     1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable
        or attainable with little labor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Order . . . will render the work facile and
              delightful.                           --Evelyn.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable;
        readily mastered.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The facile gates of hell too slightly barred.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty,
        austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a
        fault; pliant; flexible.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve,
              Lost Paradise, deceived by me.        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so
              facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a
              keeper on the king's highway.         --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he
        wields a facile pen. -- Fac"ile*ly, adv. --
        Fac"ile*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Facile \Fac"ile\a. [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or
     made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F.
     facile. Srr Fact, and cf. Faculty.]
     1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable
        or attainable with little labor.
  
              Order . . . will render the work facile and
              delightful.                           --Evelyn.
  
     2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable;
        readily mastered.
  
              The facile gates of hell too slightly barred.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty,
        austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
  
              I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
  
     4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a
        fault; pliant; flexible.
  
              Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost
              Paradise, deceived by me.             --Milton.
  
              This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so
              facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a
              keeper on the king's highway.         --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
  
     5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he
        wields a facile pen. -- Fac"ile-ly, adv. --
        Fac"ile*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  facile
       adj 1: arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too
              facile a solution for so complex a problem"
       2: performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a
          facile hand" [syn: easy]
       3: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to
          dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent,
           fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  facile
     Εσπεράντο adv.
     εύκολα
     Ιταλικά a.
     εύκολος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  facile
     Esperanto adv.
     easily
     French a.
     1 easy, simple
     2 (lb fr derogatory chiefly of women) easy, promiscuous (gloss:
  consenting readily to sex)
     Interlingua a.
     easy
     Latin adv.
     easily
     Latin alt.
     easily
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la facilis  nom//acc//voc n s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  facile
     a.
     1 easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy.
  (from 15th c.)
     2 (lb en now rare) amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. (from
  16th c.)
     3 effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.). (from 17th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  facile
     Esperanto adv.
     easily
     French a.
     1 easy, simple
     2 (lb fr derogatory chiefly of women) easy, promiscuous (gloss:
  consenting readily to sex)
     Latin adv.
     easily
     Latin alt.
     easily
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la facilis  nom//acc//voc n s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  facile
     Esperanto adv.
     easily
     French a.
     1 easy, simple
     2 (lb fr derogatory chiefly of women) easy, promiscuous (gloss:
  consenting readily to sex)
     Italian a.
     1 easy
     2 cosy
     3 effortless
     Middle French a.
     easy (gloss: not difficult)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  facile
     Italia a.
     helppo
     Ranska a.
     helppo

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  facile
     Franska a.
     lätt
     Italienska a.
     lätt

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  facile
     a.
     (böjning sv adj facil)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  maklik

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Facile /fˈasaɪl/
  سهل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  facile //ˈfä.sʌɪl// //ˈfæ.səl// //ˈfæs.aɪl// 
  1. гъвкав, податлив
  Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with
  2. лесен, лесно постижим
  Easy, taking minimal effort

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/ 
  lehký

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/ 
  snadný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  einfach [allzu] , zu leicht 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  gewandt, rege, flüssig 
        "have a facile wit"  - sehr geistreich sein

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  mühelos, leicht 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  oberflächlich 
           Note: Person
           Note: person

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  
  απλοϊκός, εύκολος

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  facile /fæsail/
  facile

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/ 
  1. सुगम
        "He has the ability to find too facile a solution for so complex a problem."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  bez teškoća, lagan, lak

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  1. könnyû
  2. gyors
  3. gyors és felületes
  4. ügyes
  5. engedékeny
  6. alkalmazkodó

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  facile

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  facile /fæsail/
  facilis

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  facile /fæsaıl/ 
  1. paviršutiniškas, skubotas
  2. lengvai įveikiamas/pasiekiamas
  3. lengvabūdiškas (apie kūrybą, kalbą ir pan.)
  4. laisvai/lengvai kuriantis/rašantis ir pan.

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  facile /ˈfæsaɪl/ 
   1.  łatwy, lekki
   2.  płytki, powierzchowny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  facile /fæsail/
  brando, fácil, suave

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  facile /fæsail/
  лёгкий

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  facile /fæsail/
  fácil

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  facile //ˈfä.sʌɪl// //ˈfæ.səl// //ˈfæs.aɪl// 
  enkel
  Easy, taking minimal effort

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  facile /fˈasaɪl/
  1. kolay
  2. sevimli, cana yakın
  3. uysal, kolay inanan, yumuşak huylu
  4. mahir, usta, becerikli.

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  facile /fatsˈile/
  easily

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  facile /fatsˈile/
  easily

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  facile /fatsˈile/
  easily

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  facile /fasˈil/
  aes, rez, aezet, didenn, dilabourus

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (d'autant plus f.) facile /fasˈil/
  aesoc'h a se

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (c'est f. pour qn) facile /fasˈil/
  brav eo (da ub)

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (devenir f.) facile /fasˈil/
  aesaat

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  лесен

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  leicht, einfach

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  εύκολος

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  facile /fasil/ 
  easy, simple

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  helppo, vaivaton

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  facile

From français-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-jpn ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  易しい, ちょろい

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  facilis
  Qui se fait sans peine

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  facile /fasil/
  licht, makkelijk, gemakkelijk, vlot

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  łatwy, prosty

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  fácil
  Qui se fait sans peine

From français-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-rus ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  лёгкий, нетрудный

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  fácil

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  facile /fa.sil/ 
  lätt, enkel

From français-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2018.09.13 :   [ freedict:fra-tur ]

  facile /fasˈil/ 
  kolay

From italiano-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-bul ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  лесен
  agevole, semplice

From Italian-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:ita-deu ]

  facile /fˈatʃile/
  geläufig, leicht, mühelos, nicht schwierig

From italiano-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-ell ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  εύκολος
  agevole, semplice

From Italian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:ita-eng ]

  facile /fˈatʃile/
  easy, facile

From italiano-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-fin ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  helppo
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-ind ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  mudah
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-jpn ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  易しい, 簡単
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-lit ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  lengvas
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-nld ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  gemakkelijk, makkelijk
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-nor ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  enkel
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-pol ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  łatwy, prosty
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-por ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  fácil
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-rus ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  лёгкий, нетрудный
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-spa ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  fácil, sencillo, simple
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-swe ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  lätt, enkel
  agevole, semplice

From italiano-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-tur ]

  facile //ˈfat͡ʃile// 
  kolay
  agevole, semplice

From Lateinisch-Deutsch FreeDict-Wörterbuch ver. 1.0.3 :   [ freedict:lat-deu ]

  facile 
  (zu erledigen)
  leicht

From Lateinisch-Deutsch FreeDict-Wörterbuch ver. 1.0.3 :   [ freedict:lat-deu ]

  facilis (facilis , facile ) 
  leicht, leicht zu erledigen volvere, volvo, volvi, volutum - wälzen, überlegen

From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:lat-eng ]

  facile /fˈakɪlɛ/
  easily

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfæsəɫ/

From IPA:eo :   [ IPA:eo ]

  

/fat͡sile/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/fasil/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "facile":
     Mickey Mouse, adaptable, adroit, apt, bendable, bending, biddable,
     bright, casual, clear, clever, compliant, cursory, cushy, deft,
     dexterous, dib, docile, ductile, easy, easy as pie, educable,
     effortless, elastic, elegant, extensible, extensile, fabricable,
     fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, flowing, fluent, formable,
     formative, giving, glib, graceful, impressible, impressionable,
     instructable, intelligent, light, like putty, limber, lissome,
     lithe, lithesome, malleable, moldable, motivated, nothing to it,
     painless, plain, plastic, pleasing, pliable, pliant, quick, ready,
     receptive, responsive, ripe for instruction, royal, schoolable,
     sensitive, sequacious, shallow, shapable, simple, simple as ABC,
     smooth, soft, springy, straightforward, submissive, superficial,
     supple, susceptible, teachable, thirsty for knowledge, tractable,
     tractile, trainable, tripping, unburdensome, uncomplicated,
     uncritical, untroublesome, voluble, whippy, willing, willowy,
     yielding
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 温和的,容易的,灵巧的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 温和的,容易的,灵巧的

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