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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The meeting with his father was understandably unnerving.
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Steven Petrow, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Rappaport understandably didn’t have much to say about that.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 16 July 2024
Years of colonization and violence have understandably prompted many to view missionary work as ill-advised at best and fundamentally evil at worst.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 July 2024
Everyone was pleasantly surprised to realize that the electricity of this dynamic was even stronger than when Michael J. Fox was the bad guy, and the Kings understandably steered into this idea by setting up a new storyline where several characters broke off to start their own firm.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
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Steven Petrow, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Rappaport understandably didn’t have much to say about that.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 16 July 2024
Years of colonization and violence have understandably prompted many to view missionary work as ill-advised at best and fundamentally evil at worst.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 July 2024
Everyone was pleasantly surprised to realize that the electricity of this dynamic was even stronger than when Michael J. Fox was the bad guy, and the Kings understandably steered into this idea by setting up a new storyline where several characters broke off to start their own firm.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
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“Understandably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understandably. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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