| amenab | This kind of case is amenable to statistical treatment. |
| amenability | (n) the trait of being cooperative, Syn. cooperativeness, amenableness |
| amenable | (adj) disposed or willing to comply, Syn. conformable, Example: someone amenable to persuasion |
| amenable | (adj) readily reacting to suggestions and influences, Syn. tractable, Example: a responsive student |
| amenable | (adj) open to being acted upon in a certain way, Example: an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death; the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment |
| amenable | (adj) liable to answer to a higher authority, Example: the president is amenable to the constitutional court |
| Amenability | n. The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Amenable | a. [ F. amener to lead; &unr_; (L. ad) = mener to lead, fr. L. minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten, minae threats. See Menace. ] Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Amenableness | n. The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Amenably | adv. In an amenable manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |