late 15c., "easy to do," from Middle French facile "easy," from Latin facilis "easy to do," of persons, "pliant, courteous, yielding," from facere "to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Usually now with depreciatory implication. Of persons, "easily led," from 1510s.
too facile a solution for so complex a problem
a facile hand
able to dazzle with his facile tongue
facetious
face-value
facia
facial
-facient
facile
facile princeps
facilis descensus Averni
facilitate
facilitation
facilitative