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understandingly

understandingly adverb: in an understanding manner; with empathy.

Adverb

understandingly (comparative more understandingly, superlative most understandingly)

  1. In an understanding manner; with empathy.
    • [T]he proprietor smiled understandingly.1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 101
  2. (obsolete) In a way that can be understood; intelligibly.
    • Garcias ab Horto writes of one whom he saw at Goa in the East Indies, that took ten drams of opium in three days; and yet consulto loquebatur, spake understandingly […], vol.I, New York, 2001, p.232

understandingly meaning in Urdu

understandingly in Urdu

understandingly
ادراک سے idrāk se

Forms of understandingly

comparativemore understandingly
superlativemost understandingly

Origin of understandingly

From Middle English undirstondingli, understandandly, equivalent to understanding + -ly.

Questions about understandingly

What does understandingly mean?
Understandingly means in an understanding manner; with empathy.
What is understandingly in Urdu?
Understandingly in Urdu is ادراک سے (idrāk se). See Understandingly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is understandingly?
Understandingly is an adverb.

Words near understandingly in the dictionary

  1. understandible
  2. understandin'
  3. understanding
  4. understanding the assignment
  5. understanding trap
  6. understandingly
  7. understandingness
  8. understandings
  9. understands
  10. understands the assignment
  11. understands trap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: understandingly (page history and authors); ادراک سے (Urdu) (page history and authors). 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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