Forehanded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forehanded \Fore"hand`ed\, a.
     1. Early; timely; seasonable. "Forehanded care." --Jer.
        Taylor.
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     2. Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in


        advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a
        forehanded farmer. [U.S.]
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     3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts.
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              A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forehanded
       adj 1: (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of
              stroke [syn: {forehand(a)}] [ant: {backhand(a)}]
       2: having provided for the future

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "forehanded":
     Scotch, anticipant, anticipative, anticipatory, beforetime,
     bright and early, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, clairvoyant,
     conserving, divinatory, early, economic, economizing, farseeing,
     farsighted, forehand, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted,
     forethoughted, forethoughtful, frugal, in good time, intuitive,
     labor-saving, longsighted, money-saving, parsimonious, penny-wise,
     precautional, precautionary, precautious, precognitive,
     precognizant, prepared, prescient, prevenient, provident,
     providential, provisional, prudent, prudential, ready, sagacious,
     saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, thrifty, time-saving,
     unwasteful