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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

pes

pedis

, foot +

tendere

to stretch out: cf. L.

tentim

by degrees.]

Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.

[R.]

That

pedetentous

pace and

pedetentous

mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk.

Sydney Smith.

pedetentous ‎(not comparable)

(obsolete) Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.
That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk. — Sydney Smith.