What is the meaning of amenable?

adjective

  • Disposed or willing to comply.
    • usage: "someone amenable to persuasion"
  • Readily reacting to suggestions and influences.
    • usage: "a responsive student"
  • Open to being acted upon in a certain way.
    • usage: "an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death"; "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment"
  • Liable to answer to a higher authority.
    • usage: "the president is amenable to the constitutional court"
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APAWordNet. (2010). amenable. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/amenable/definitions/1167814
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HarvardWordNet 2010, amenable, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/amenable/definitions/1167814>.
MLAWordNet. "amenable" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/amenable/definitions/1167814>
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