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understanding[2]

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understanding[2]

Main Entry:: ²understanding
Function:: adjective
Date:: 13th century

1archaic : knowing, intelligent2: endowed with understanding : tolerant, sympathetic <an understanding supervisor>

— un·der·stand·ing·ly

\-ˈstan-diŋ-lē\ adverb

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