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forehanded

American  
[fawr-han-did, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˈhæn dɪd, ˈfoʊr- /

adjective

  1. forehand.

  2. capable of dealing or coping with unexpected problems.

  3. providing for the future; prudent; thrifty.

  4. in good financial circumstances; well-to-do.

adverb

  1. forehand.

forehanded British  
/ ˌfɔːˈhændɪd /

adjective

    1. thrifty

    2. well-off

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adverb

  1. sport a less common word for forehand

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Other Word Forms

  • forehandedly adverb
  • forehandedness noun

Etymology

Origin of forehanded

First recorded in 1585–95; forehand + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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His Majesty's Government bought the best months ago, and forehanded folk the rest.

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

A forehanded ABC crewman was in the right place with a hand-held camera to watch him agonizingly line up and then blow his desperation third shot�and with it any chance for the top prize.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forms had been delivered, days before, to the big Presidential mail desk; but Harry Hopkins and other forehanded White House residents got there first.

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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