forehanded
Americanadjective
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capable of dealing or coping with unexpected problems.
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providing for the future; prudent; thrifty.
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in good financial circumstances; well-to-do.
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Example Sentences
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In the past shipowners have been something less than forehanded in providing crews with decent living conditions.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was connected with National Broadcasting Co., and NBC, it seemed, had been exceedingly forehanded.
From Time Magazine Archive
This week the Army went to work on an operation which the forehanded Lutes and his staff began plotting in August 1943.
From Time Magazine Archive
In many instances Prime Minister King has been forehanded and it is even coming to light that significant Canadian war preparations were made over a year ago�when war was still hypothetical.
From Time Magazine Archive
This year, as forehanded as ever, he’d been wavering between the imported perfumes on sale at Norris Drugs and a pair of riding boots.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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