forehanded adjective & adverb. ['fɔ:handɪd] L16.
[from FOREHAND + -ED².]
A. adjective.
1. (Of a horse) well etc. built in the forehand; (of a person) well etc. built. L16-L18.

2. Looking to the future; prudent, thrifty. Now Scot. & US. M17.
■ J. R. Lowell They were..a thrifty forehanded race.
b. That has made provision for the future; comfortable, well-to-do. Now US. M17.

3. Tennis & Badminton etc. Of a stroke: forehand. Now rare. L19.
b. adverb. Tennis & Badminton etc. With a forehand stroke. L19.

■ fore'handedness noun (US) the action of looking to the future; prudence, foresight: M19.

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