Both Uses of
hinder
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- I thought I'd have so many things to love and nothing to hinder me.
p. 33.7 *hinder = cause problems that slowed
- "Well now, I dunno," said Matthew, who, being patient and wise and, above all, hungry, had deemed it best to let Marilla talk her wrath out unhindered, having learned by experience that she got through with whatever work was on hand much quicker if not delayed by untimely argument.
p. 209.9unhindered = not slowed downstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unhindered means not and reverses the meaning of hindered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
slow down or cause problems for