/
əˈmiːnəb(ə)l/
adj.
- easily influenced or controlled.
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(amenable to)
capable of being treated in a particular way.
Derivative
- amenability n.
- amenably adv.
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘liable to answer to a law or tribunal’): from OFr. amener ‘bring to’ from a- ‘to’ + mener ‘bring’ (from L. minari ‘threaten’).
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