Unretarding

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not slowing down or hindering. not-comparable

    "That highly archaic and biblical element, which William Morris often mixed, with as lovely and unretarding an effect as Spenser, into his own English, Powell uses much more lightly and sparingly."

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"That highly archaic and biblical element, which William Morris often mixed, with as lovely and unretarding an effect as Spenser, into his own English, Powell uses much more lightly and sparingly."

Etymology

From un- + retarding.

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