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understandably

understandably adverb: for reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.

Adverb

understandably (comparative more understandably, superlative most understandably)

  1. For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.
    • Understandably, he was too embarrassed to speak.
    • Embarrassed, he understandably refused to speak.
  2. In an understandable manner.
    • When presenting in front of the class, take care to speak clearly and understandably.
    • Accordingly, even though readers always and understandably speak of the theories adumbrated by Socrates here as "Plato's theories", one ought not to speak of them so without some compunction--the writing itself, and also Plato the author, present these always in a spirit of open-ended exploration...1996, John M. Cooper, “Introduction”, in Plato: Complete Works, Hackett, page xxii

understandably meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Indonesian

understandably in Urdu

جاننے کے طور پر, قابل فہم انداز میں

understandably in Bengali

বোধগম্যভাবে

understandably in Indonesian

for reasons that are easy to understand
maklum

Examples of understandably in a sentence

  • He was understandably embarrassed, and could not speak.
  • Everton were, perhaps understandably, deflated at the setback and it was no surprise when Suarez added Liverpool's second after 82 minutes.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

All 29 example sentences with understandably

Forms of understandably

comparativemore understandably
superlativemost understandably

Origin of understandably

From understandable + -ly.

Questions about understandably

What does understandably mean?
Understandably means for reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.
What is understandably in Urdu?
Understandably in Urdu is جاننے کے طور پر, قابل فہم انداز میں. See Understandably meaning in Urdu.
How do you use understandably in a sentence?
He was understandably embarrassed, and could not speak.
What part of speech is understandably?
Understandably is an adverb.

Words near understandably in the dictionary

  1. understand trap
  2. understandabilities
  3. understandability
  4. understandable
  5. understandableness
  6. understandably
  7. understanded
  8. understander
  9. understanders
  10. understandest
  11. understandeth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: understandably (page history and authors); understandably (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); understandably (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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