understandably
adverb
un·der·stand·ably
ˌən-dər-ˈstan-də-blē 
: as can be easily understood : for understandable reasons
is understandably nervous
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Some will understandably reply that not all parents know their way around modern technology sufficiently to install and utilize the myriad parental aids provided by Apple and Google.
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
On the first day of class, a student asked an understandably practical and banal question about the professor’s grading policy.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
And perhaps because of Cold War fears, Americans understandably found greater comfort on yesterday’s Dodge City Front Street than on tomorrow’s dystopian Main Street.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
However, experts navigating independently-minded teens on vacation can feel like an adventure to parents who understandably want to keep everyone safe.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 June 2025
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
On the first day of class, a student asked an understandably practical and banal question about the professor’s grading policy.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
And perhaps because of Cold War fears, Americans understandably found greater comfort on yesterday’s Dodge City Front Street than on tomorrow’s dystopian Main Street.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
However, experts navigating independently-minded teens on vacation can feel like an adventure to parents who understandably want to keep everyone safe.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 June 2025
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“Understandably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understandably. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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