understandably

Adverb

Meaning

in an intelligible manner

Synonyms

Antonyms

Examples

In magic, anyone with a shop-bought trick deck is a magician, and if people aren't fooled they usually pretend to be, and they are understandably likely to mistake being fooled as a sign of being in the presence of an excellent magician. Derren Brown

I was understandably deeply disappointed that the highest National Socialist leaders did not stand up and answer for the deeds they had done in the past and left those of us who could not be made personally responsible in the lurch. Karl Wolff

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media. Monica Lewinsky

This indictment is a kind of fever that flares up from time to time. It flared up after "Defender of the Faith," again after "Goodbye Columbus," and understandably it went way up - to about 107 - after "Portnoy's Complaint." Now there's just a low-grade fever running, nothing to worry about. Philip Roth

While no politician or political system can ever afford to yield understandably and enthusiastically to their adversaries and opposers, all politicians can and will yield enthusiastically to the computers safe flight-controlling capabilities in bringing all of humanity in for a happy landing. Buckminster Fuller

Cultural conflicts are increasing and are understandably more dangerous today than at any other time in history. Václav Havel

Close letter words and terms