She nodded understandingly.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : My understanding of the word does not agree with yours. ,a quick understanding. ,With her keen understanding she should have become a leader. ,an understanding of accounting practice. ,To him, understanding and goodwill were the supreme virtues. ,They had an understanding about who would do the dishes. ,After hours of negotiation, no understanding on a new contract was reached.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : an understanding attitude.    From Dictionary.com. 

Barrent and the boy's father smiled understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Status Civilization] Reference

He looked at her questioningly, but understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prudence Says So] Reference

She smiled, and the Candy Man nodded understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man] Reference

Zeke stared for a moment, then grinned understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference

The sculptor eyed him understandingly, and finally arose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference

Grammar teaches us to listen and to speak understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music Talks with Children] Reference

They looked at each other understandingly again and smiled.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference

She lived it all over again; this time more understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wrong Woman] Reference

Barbara caught his glance and smiled at him understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don Strong, Patrol Leader] Reference

He whispered for some moments and Davis nodded understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Allies Under the Sea] Reference

I am a tolerably good chemist, and have spoken understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Darrow Enigma] Reference

"Thanks, old man," he said, and gripped his hand understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Witness] Reference

It was difficult to know what to say, so he nodded understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

Gloria smiled understandingly at the woman who sat across the desk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hex] Reference

Only on the shelves of the museum can it be studied understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference

He read all the books he could obtain, and read them understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference

The other girls cried out at this, but Mr. Hooley nodded understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies] Reference

She flashed him the glance of a conqueror, and he nodded, understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prudence of the Parsonage] Reference

Her lips formed a silent, "After school," and Mary nodded understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference

California, and enable American settlers to locate understandingly at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited] Reference

The two men clasped hands and looked understandingly into each other's eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flamsted quarries] Reference

"Oh!" softly murmured Snake, understandingly, and he was echoed by Sam with.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery] Reference

"It sure does seem impossible, little sister," Phil answered, understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucile Triumphant] Reference

So we may well aver that to read understandingly requires thought and industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

"That would be pretty slow for the rest of them," Joe finished understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize] Reference

This family is acting out its life's love understandingly and with fixed purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Character] Reference

"Oh," half-growled the man understandingly as he made his way to the water's edge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference

They nodded understandingly, and inch by inch Frank noiselessly drew the door open.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference

The doctor sat down by the bed, quietly, and appeared to look at Daddy understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sweetapple Cove] Reference

Miss Sawyer had always told them to learn the odes understandingly, not in parrot fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference

To him who reads understandingly, there is pathos on nearly every page of the first two chapters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference

This had touched and pleased Esther, who had nodded understandingly, more than glad to be of use.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juggernaut] Reference

I say it understandingly -- the will of no man is strong enough to handle the poison for himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Opium Habit] Reference

So when the final day came, the largest possible number of men were able to work understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference

Ten minutes after we left she was running our little ship and handling the tiller understandingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sweetapple Cove] Reference