1.
[syn: forehand(a), forehanded]
2. having provided for the future;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forehanded \Fore"hand`ed\, a.
1. Early; timely; seasonable. "Forehanded care." --Jer.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in
advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a
forehanded farmer. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts.
[1913 Webster]
A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded.
--Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
forehanded
adj 1: (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of
stroke [syn: forehand(a), forehanded] [ant:
backhand(a), backhanded]
2: having provided for the future
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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