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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Under its present regime the A. M. A. is forehanded.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some forehanded people buy Christmas gifts in August, but the market for Christmas trees never opens until after Thanksgiving.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why Mr. Inch suddenly decided to call on his worst enemy was not revealed but the immediate explanation was that he had a forehanded desire to get acquainted.
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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