understandingly en · ADV
Etymology
From Middle English undirstondingli, understandandly, equivalent to understanding + -ly.
Meanings
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In an understanding manner; with empathy.
[T]he proprietor smiled understandingly.
1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 101:
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(obsolete) In a way that can be understood; intelligibly.
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 […]
, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.232
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more understandingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most understandingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |