uncomprehendingly
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8.1
- adverb
- /ˌʌnˌkɒmprɪˈhɛndɪŋli/
:
incomprensivamente
- His students look at him uncomprehendingly, like cows at a passing train.
- stared uncomprehendingly
- looked uncomprehendingly
- blinked uncomprehendingly
They're just mindlessly, cluelessly, uncomprehendingly doing their little thing.
- They're just mindlessly, cluelessly, uncomprehendingly doing their little thing.
Examples
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Jimmy looked at her uncomprehendingly.
Fiction book (1999) -
Frank stared uncomprehendingly at Kinswell's round face for a full second.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Yes, yes, I understand that," she said uncomprehendingly.
Fiction book (1994) -
My mother looked at me uncomprehendingly.
Fiction book (2002) -
His tired eyes looked at me uncomprehendingly.
Fiction book (1990) -
Everyone stared at him uncomprehendingly.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mark stared uncomprehendingly at the artwork on the screen.
Fiction book (1999) -
A cosmologist might blink uncomprehendingly at the question.
Academic text (2004) -
Indeed, had anyone spoken to them of contamination, they would have stared uncomprehendingly.
Fiction book (1992) -
The children stared at the teacher uncomprehendingly when she explained the complex instructions.
Synonyms
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5.1
In a way that shows you do not know or understand something
Antonyms
How Understanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncomprehendingly = uncomprehending (transparent) = un + comprehend + ing + ly
The adverb is formed in a regular way from the adjective 'uncomprehending' by adding -ly, and the meaning is directly recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
The word uncomprehendingly is made of un- 'not' and comprehend 'to grasp', the same idea as the simple word 'grasp'. So to act uncomprehendingly is to show you are 'not grasping' something, or that you do not understand.