1
as in friendliness
a desire or disposition to please
our circle of friends tends to take advantage of Will's amenability, usually not even bothering to ask him what he wants to do
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2
as in willingness
cheerful readiness to do something
our cat Figaro hasn't shown much amenability to going outside now that the weather's cold
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Noun
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The city's hospital system also ranked eighth overall, and Minneapolis was 34th in retiree-friendliness.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025 -
There's certain momentum, there's a warmth, a genuine friendliness.—
Molly Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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His willingness to undergo this procedure and be part of medical history now will no doubt be felt by the thousands of future patients with kidney failure.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Ellison, the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, has signaled a willingness to be aggressive.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The farmer’s tendency to pursue high yields obscured the delicate pleasantness this grape gives when handled carefully.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.—
Lesley M.M. Blume,
Town & Country,
6 Dec. 2022
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Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Nov. 2022
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No special effects were required to trigger Curry's stark drift from amiability to horrifying emptiness.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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There’s an offbeat amiability to Easy’s Waltz that wouldn’t have been possible had nearly every actor involved not been on board with the modest aims of its filmmaker.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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In Killers of the Flower Moon, his Ernest Burkhart starts off as a mopey, weak-minded World War One veteran, eager to do anything for his godfather uncle (Robert De Niro), but there’s still a certain likability to his dim-bulb submissiveness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Amenability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amenability. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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