1838. Mrs. Browning, Song agst. Singing, iv. Thou … Wouldst … Upturn thy bright uncomprehending eyes And bid me play instead.
1871. Farrar, Witn. Hist., ii. 64. The light which … shone quietly in the uncomprehending darkness.
Hence Uncomprehendingly adv.
1858. Miss Mulock, Th. ab. Wom., 260. Tell her this, and the chances are she will stare at you uncomprehendingly.
