foreˈhandedness U.S.
[f. forehanded a. 2.]
The quality of being ‘forehanded’.
| 1840 R. H. Dana Bef. Mast (1854) 262 Regular habits, forehandedness (if I may use the word) in worldly affairs. 1897 A. T. Mahan Life Nelson II. 277 The incident shows at once the forehandedness of Nelson. 1905 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republ. 8 Dec. 1 The attempt..to persuade people to do their Christmas shopping early appears to be making headway. Such forehandedness is in the interest of the buyers. 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 99/3 His [sc. Ezra Pound's] forehandedness makes this new volume particularly exciting. |