understandably
adverb
un·der·stand·ably
ˌən-dər-ˈstan-də-blē 
: as can be easily understood : for understandable reasons
is understandably nervous
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But the show understandably has to keep returning to the mystery, which feels overly complicated even for seven hours of television.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
With her husband and one son incarcerated and another son dying unexpectedly, Robin Morris is understandably distraught and did not respond to a request for comment.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
With her husband and one son incarcerated and another son dying unexpectedly, Robin Morris is understandably distraught and did not respond to a request for comment.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
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“Understandably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understandably. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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