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The definition of amenable is someone who is agreeable or willing to be persuaded.

(adjective)

An example of someone who may be amenable is a newly hired intern who is eager to do a good job and be well-liked.

See amenable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

responsible or answerable
able to be controlled or influenced; responsive; submissive: a person amenable to suggestion; an illness amenable to treatment
that can be tested by (with to): amenable to the laws of physics

Origin: Anglo-Fr < OFr amener, to bring about, lead in < a-, to + mener, to lead < L minare, to drive (animals) < minari, to threaten: see menace

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amenability noun
amenably adverb

See amenable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing.
Responsible to higher authority; accountable: amenable to the law. See Synonyms at responsible.
Susceptible or open, as to testing or criticism: “The phenomenon of mind . . . is much more complex, though also more amenable to scientific investigation, than anyone suspected” (Michael D. Lemonick).

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Origin: Probably alteration of Middle English menable

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from mener, to lead

Origin: , from Latin mināre, to drive

Origin: , from minārī, to threaten

Origin: , from minae, threats; see men-² in Indo-European roots

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