understandably

1. 1.

   in an intelligible manner

   “the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly”

   Synonymsintelligiblyclearly

Questions about understandably

What does understandably mean?

understandably means "in an intelligible manner".

How many syllables are in understandably?

understandably has 5 syllables: un-der-stan-da-bly. The stress falls on "stan". In IPA it is /ˌʌndɚˈstændəbli/.

What is another word for understandably?

Close synonyms include intelligibly, clearly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is understandably a common word?

understandably is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.