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Definition: Understandably |
UnderstandablyAdverb1. In an intelligible manner; "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "understandably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
Synonyms: UnderstandablySynonyms: clearly (adv), intelligibly (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unintelligibly (adv). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Because malaria-infected mosquitoes usually are not found in this country, local residents were understandably frightened and concerned. (references) | |
Patients should consider how many patients a physician treats each year. Because many patients are understandably perplexed or frightened by a CNS tumor diagnosis, it is also important that they choose a physician who will answer questions and describe treatment options clearly and fully. (references) | ||
Business | In addition, hospital managers are understandably reluctant to reduce their in-house bed numbers, as it affects hospital prestige. (references) | |
Economic History | Thailand | In this situation, the demand for new credit for investment purposes is understandably weak, and most indicators of private investment remain weak, three years after the onset of the crisis. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Understandably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.21% of the time. "Understandably" is used about 503 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.21% | 499 | 12,058 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.79% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 503 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "understandably": understandably-depressed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "understandably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | begryplikerwyse (for obvious reasons), begryplikerwys (for obvious reasons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可理解地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | begrijpelijkerwijs (of course), begrýpelýkerwýs (for obvious reasons, of course). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | facilkompreneble (for obvious reasons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ymmärrettävästi (intelligibly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verständliche (comprehensibly, understandable), verständlich (audible, clear, common, comprehensible, comprehensibly, conceptional, everyday, intelligible, intelligibly, lucidly, of course, perspicuous, understandable, vulgar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταληπτώσ (comprehensibly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | érthető módon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 이해 수 있. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erstandablyunday понятно. (various references) razumljivo. (various references) makul bir şekilde (reasonably), anlaşılır biçimde (clearly, directly, exoterically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Understandably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: understandibly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "understandably" (pronounced u'ndersta"ndublē) |
| 5 | -d u b l ē | audibly, credibly, formidably, incredibly, unavoidably. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, honorably, horribly, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, notably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly. |
| 3 | -b l ē | ably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-d-e-l-n-n-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: balustraded, bladdernuts, redundantly. | |
-4 letters: abundantly, balustrade, bladdernut, standardly, unabatedly, understand. | |
-5 letters: astraddle, auslander, bandstand, bastardly, betrayals, breadnuts, bystander, dastardly, dunelands, endurably, redundant, saturable, subaltern, transuded, turbanned, unabraded, unbranded, underlays, unsayable, unsnarled, unstabler, yardlands. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-d-e-l-n-n-r-s-t-u-y" | |
+3 letters: understandability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 64 65 72 73 74 61 6E 64 61 62 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. . .-. ... - .- -. -.. .- -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n d e r s t a n d a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0064 0065 0072 0073 0074 0061 006E 0064 0061 0062 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580707184858667807067687891 |
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