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understandingly

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Synonyms & Antonyms of understandingly

as in compassionately, humanely

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for understandingly

charitably,
compassionately,
humanely,
mercifully,
softheartedly,
sympathetically,
tolerantly

benevolently,
benignantly,
considerately,
cordially,
graciously,
kindly,
lovingly,
tenderly

clemently,
gently,
leniently,
lightly,
mildly,
softly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for understandingly

brutally,
hard,
hardly,
harshly,
ill,
oppressively,
roughly,
severely,
sternly,
stiffly

callously,
cold-bloodedly,
hard-heartedly,
heartlessly,
inhumanely,
inhumanly,
insensately,
insensitively,
mercilessly,
obdurately,
pitilessly,
ruthlessly,
tyrannically,
uncharitably,
unfeelingly,
unmercifully,
unsparingly

abusively,
brutishly,
savagely,
viciously

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understanding

understandingly

understandings

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“Understandingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandingly. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022.

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