forehanded
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /fɔːˈhandɪd/
Adjective

forehanded

  1. (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.’
  2. (obsolete, US) Wealthy.
  3. (not comparable) Executed with a forehand stroke.
  4. Direct, straightforward, sincere.
  5. (obsolete) Paid or executed in advance.
  6. (obsolete) Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.
Adverb

forehanded

  1. With a forehand stroke.



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