understandably
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From understandable + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]understandably (comparative more understandably, superlative most understandably)
- For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.
- Understandably, he was too embarrassed to speak.
- Embarrassed, he understandably refused to speak.
- He was understandably embarrassed, and could not speak.
- 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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.
- In an understandable manner.
- When presenting in front of the class, take care to speak clearly and understandably.
- 1996, John M. Cooper, “Introduction”, in Plato: Complete Works, Hackett, page xxii:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]for reasons that are easy to understand
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in an understandable manner
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