forehanded
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /fɔːˈhandɪd/
forehanded
- (now US) Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 88:
- ‘I dun'no' whether it air night or no,’ she said [...]. ‘I mought be too forehanded a-gittin' supper fur aught I kin tell.’
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 88:
- (obsolete, US) Wealthy.
- (not comparable) Executed with a forehand stroke.
- Direct, straightforward, sincere.
- (obsolete) Paid or executed in advance.
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.
forehanded
- With a forehand stroke.
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