Understandingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an understanding manner; with empathy.

    "[T]he proprietor smiled understandingly."

  2. 2
    In a way that can be understood; intelligibly. obsolete

    "Garcias ab Horto writes of one whom he saw at Goa in the East Indies, that took ten drams of opium in three days; and yet consulto loquebatur, spake understandingly […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    with understanding wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
consciouslydiscreetlyintelligentlyjudiciouslyknowinglyrationally

Example

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"Our eyes are opened to see other colors than purple and gold, our ears to hear understandingly other sounds than the roar of traffic, the shriek of an automobile horn, or syncopated music."

Etymology

From Middle English undirstondingli, understandandly, equivalent to understanding + -ly.

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