amenable

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Even the genial ruffian Clark was amenable, and took sharp reprimand without revolt.

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  1. adjective Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing.
  2. adjective Responsible to higher authority; accountable: amenable to the law. See Synonyms at responsible.
  3. adjective 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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  • Kim was surprisingly amenable, and soon she had made arrangements for Dug to hold the fort, and joined them in the helicopter, holding her three-year-old son. —  Cube Route
  • She seemed amenable, as she was talking freely and acting very kittenish. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • Whether such luxuries should be ever allowed is debatable; prison isn't meant to be amenable, and if it is its secondary function of deterrence is undone. —  The British National Party
  • The Pirates can certainly afford a few one-year deals right now and if guys like Adam Dunn or Bobby Abreu or Ben Sheets are amenable, the Pirates certainly might be able to swoop in in February and pick up one or two of them the way they did with Sanders, —  Where Have You Gone Andy Van Slyke?
  • It created a satisfactory date for the disappearance, eliminating me from any connection with it, and by throwing some suspicion on Hurst it would make him more amenable--less likely to dispute my claim when he learned the provisions of the win The affair was quite simple. —  The Eye of Osiris
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  1. Probably alteration of Middle English menable, from Old French, from mener, to lead, from Latin mināre, to drive, from minārī, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also ameanable, amainable, and corruptly amesnable, from French as if *amenable, from amener, bring or lead, fetch in or to: see amain and -able.
 

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