half-comprehendingly

Updated: June 20, 2025

She realized what an agony of fear she should have felt in that murky station with the lights burning dimly through the smoke and the strange sights and outcries all around her. Miss Blair's carriage was waiting, and Maria saw, half-comprehendingly, that it was very luxurious indeed. She entered with Miss Blair and her maid, then after a little wait for baggage they drove away.

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman - By the Light of the Soul: A Novel