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facilely, adv. rare in mod. use.|ˈfæsaɪlɪ, ˈfæsɪlɪ|
Forms: 5 facely, 6–7 facilie, -lly, -ly(e, 6– facilely.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a facile manner.
1. With little exertion, labour, or difficulty; without effort or restraint; easily.
1490Caxton Eneydos xxi. 77 That thenne shalle permytte hym facely & lightly for to do his vyage safly. c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 60 Now let us see how facilly this matter..may be brought to pass. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §32 Cloyster-men..might more facilly be swayed to bend. 1677Lady Chaworth, in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 39 He might facilier do itt the second time in the way the House had ordered it. 1835Fraser's Mag. XII. 267 The..principle, upon which the whole formerly so facilely moved, is destroyed.
†2. Affably, courteously, graciously. Obs.
1528Fox in Pocock Rec. Ref. I. liii. 142 His holiness very promptly and facily had condescended unto the granting thereof. 1550Duke of Northumberland Let. 23 July in Consid. Peace & Goodw. Prot. 5 That your Grace may facilely condescend thereunto.
3. With (a too) ready acquiescence; without sufficient consideration, thoughtlessly.
1864Spectator 25 June 740 He facilely concludes that some male animals have teats, others not. 1872Daily News 28 Feb., The cheers..were no empty breath of a populace facilely beguiled by the lust of the eye. |