understandably

adverb

un·​der·​stand·​ably ˌən-dər-ˈstan-də-blē How to pronounce understandably (audio)
: 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for understandably

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First Known Use

circa 1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of understandably was circa 1921

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“Understandably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understandably. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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