understandingly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNDERSTAND'INGLY, adverb Intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension of a question or subject; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly The gospel may be neglected, but it cannot be understandingly disbelieved.
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