understandably
/ˌʌndɚstˈændəbli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.
adv
In an understandable manner.
Example Sentences
- "Understandably, he was too embarrassed to speak."
- "Embarrassed, he understandably refused to speak."
- "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. Distin and Baines were involved in a mix-up as the Uruguayan advanced into the area, and he was not about to pass up the gift to shoot low past Howard."
- "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, and sometimes there are contextual clues indicating that Socrates exaggerates or goes what the argument truly justifies, and so on."
Etymology
Etymology tree English understandable Middle English -ly English -ly English understandably From understandable + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more understandably (comparative)
most understandably (superlative)