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Facile

FAC'ILE, a. [L. facilis, from facio, to make.]
1. Properly, easy to be done or performed; easy; not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.
Order - will render the work facile and delightful.
2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable.
The facile gates of hell too slightly barred.
3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere or distant.
I mean she should be courteous, facile, sweet.
4. Pliant; flexible; easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault.
Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve,
Lost Paradise, deceived by me.
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Facile Ready

 

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