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Forehanded
Definitions
- 1 Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent. US
"‘I dun'no' whether it air night or no,’ she said [...]. ‘I mought be too forehanded a-gittin' supper fur aught I kin tell.’"
- 2 Wealthy. US, obsolete
"The conditions of the old-time Salisbury hill-farm, which fed its owners on its spare-ribs and corn meal, and sweetened their taste with the crystallized sap of its maples, and which reckoned a man with a savings-bank account and a hundred stonewalled and unmortgaged acres "forehanded" if not positively rich, have ceased to be typical conditions of the American present-day prosperity."
- 3 Executed with a forehand stroke. not-comparable
"She caught a last glimpse of the pattern of the carpet when the forehanded chop with the edge of the palm came down on the back of the neck."
- 4 Direct, straightforward, sincere.
"Known as a 'forehanded' (straightforward) man, Cushing became a landowner and an investor in local industries."
- 5 Paid or executed in advance. obsolete
"...whilst the price of restoration was always forehanded, the brotherhood had never been known to break their guarantee of honour."
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- 6 Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse. obsolete
"Jaq. ...Then, to say the truth, Mary's very well forehanded too. Sanc. Forehanded --- oons this Oaf makes a Mare of my Daughter."
- 1 (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke wordnet
- 2 having provided for the future wordnet
- 1 With a forehand stroke.
"In delivering it forehanded, the ball is dropped in front of the left foot, and is struck when about a foot or even less from the ground."
Etymology
From forehand + -ed.
From forehand + -ed.
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