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understandingly
Variant of understanding
understanding
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under·stand·ing (-stan′diŋ)
noun
- the mental quality, act, or state of a person who understands; comprehension, knowledge, discernment, sympathetic awareness, etc.
- the power or ability to think, learn, judge, etc.; intelligence; sense
- a specific interpretation or inference one's understanding of a matter
- mutual comprehension, as of ideas, intentions, etc.
- a mutual agreement, esp. one that settles differences or is informal and not made public
adjective
that understands; having or characterized by comprehension, sympathy, etc.
Related Forms:
- understandingly un′der·stand′·ingly adverb
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