understandably

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understandably

adverb more understandably · most understandably

  1. For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with. Understandably, he was too embarrassed to speak.
  2. In an understandable manner. When presenting in front of the class, take care to speak clearly and understandably.

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Closest in meaning: intelligibly, clearly, comprehensibly, understandable, sensibly, comprehensible, arguably, correctly, legitimately, rightly, justly, rightfully, justifiably, logically, reasonably, evidently

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adv for reasons that are easy to understand

Françaiscomme on peut le comprendre, à juste titre
Deutschverständlich, verständlicherweise
Italianocomprensibilmente
Русскийпоня́тно ponjátno, я́сно jásno

adv in an understandable manner

Españolcomprensiblemente
Françaisintelligiblement
Deutschverständlich
Italianointelligibilmente
Русскийпоня́тно ponjátno, я́сно jásno

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@misc{understandably_2026,
  title = {understandably},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/understandably},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}