understandably

adv — 2 senses

understandably

adv

Etymology From understandable + -ly.

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 more examples
  • 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.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
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, and sometimes there are contextual clues indicating that Socrates exaggerates or goes what the argument truly justifies, and so on.1996, John M. Cooper, “Introduction”, in Plato: Complete Works, Hackett, page xxii:

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