impeding, ppl. a.
(ɪmˈpiːdɪŋ)
[f. impede v. + -ing2.]
That impedes or obstructs; hindering. Hence imˈpedingly adv., so as to impede.
| 1717 S. Clarke 5th Reply to Leibnitz 345 The contrary or impeding Force, which arises from the Resistance of Fluids to Bodies moved any way. 1805 Southey Madoc ii. xviii, He dropt the impeding buckler. 1886 M. K. Macmillan Dagonet the Jester 154 The first thawings of the hard⁓bound road clung impedingly to our shoes. |