Meaning facile
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arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth As one teacher remarks about a troubled student, “There is no facile solution.” — New York Times (Oct 11, 2011)
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late 15c., "easy to do," from Middle French facile "easy," from Latin facilis "easy to do" and, of persons, "pliant, courteous, yielding," from facere "to [..]
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adj. Not difficult to do.
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easily
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easily, without difficulty facilis : easy, agreeable, affable, pleasant
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noun Definition: an island that is fake Word History: French and English (sounds like fake and isle?)Example Sentence: I made a facile in the sand.
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A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition in a light, easy style.
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(adj) arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth(adj) performing adroitly and without effort(adj) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
Source: beedictionary.com

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ADV easily| readily| without difficulty; generally| often; willingly; heedlessly
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  easy  
Source: musictheory.org.uk

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light, easy
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Easy
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lang=en 1800s=1818 * '''1818''' — . ''''. *: In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
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