Sekirov Dictionary

forehanded

/fɔːˈhandɪd/

adjective 6
adverb 1
forms 2

adjective6

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(US) Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
- ‘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
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Executed with a forehand stroke.
- She caught a last glimpse of the pattern of the carpet when the forehanded chop with the edge of the palm came down on the back of the neck. — 2010
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Direct, straightforward, sincere.
- Known as a 'forehanded' (straightforward) man, Cushing became a landowner and an investor in local industries. — 2005
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(US, no longer used) Wealthy.
- ...cause if you have, look at that forehanded man there, Deacon Westfall, and you see the rich man. — 1838
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(no longer used) Paid or executed in advance.
- ...whilst the price of restoration was always forehanded, the brotherhood had never been known to break their guarantee of honour. — 1833
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(no longer used) Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.
- Jaq. ...Then, to say the truth, Mary's very well forehanded too. Sanc. Forehanded --- oons this Oaf makes a Mare of my Daughter. — 1729

adverb1

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With a forehand stroke.
- In delivering it forehanded, the ball is dropped in front of the left foot, and is struck when about a foot or even less from the ground. — 2014

forms

more forehanded · most forehanded

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