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foreˈhandedness U.S.
[f. forehanded a. 2.]
The quality of being ‘forehanded’.
1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast (1854) 262 Regular habits, forehandedness (if I may use the word) in worldly affairs. 1897A. T. Mahan Life Nelson II. 277 The incident shows at once the forehandedness of Nelson. 1905Springfield (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. 1937Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 99/3 His [sc. Ezra Pound's] forehandedness makes this new volume particularly exciting. |