understandingly

He called the celebrations “understandingly uncomfortable” and would “just assume crawl underneath the bleachers” rather than have the game come to a pause just for his brief wave of acknowledgment to a generous crowd.

And here the audience murmured understandingly, because they all knew what it means to be called angry when really you’re just emphatic.

Drago Centro is a downtown restaurant in the old tradition, with a warren of private dining rooms and waiters who know enough to nod understandingly when you say you’ve just gone gluten-free.

Major Sanderson nodded understandingly, with a smile that was agreeable and insincere.

“In ‘Roots,’ he seeks to tell the truth, to laugh at it understandingly, if harshly, and to imply a vision and a hope.”