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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Origin of forehanded
Example Sentences
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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
Like the forehanded avian who catches the worm, you are the Early Bird who catches the rewards of intercontinental communications to the benefit of all nations and all men.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rompollo, a forehanded fellow, had been collecting photographs of Mrs. Carter ever since the election in order to get a feel for her style.
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
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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