forehanded

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /fɔːˈhandɪd/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent. US
    — ‘I dun'no' whether it air night or no,’ she said [...]. ‘I mought be too forehanded a-gittin' supper fur aught I kin tell.’
  2. Wealthy. US,obsolete
    — The conditions of the old-time Salisbury hill-farm, which fed its owners on its spare-ribs and corn meal, and sweetened their taste with the crystallized sap of its maples, and which reckoned a man with a savings-bank account and a hundred stonewalled and unmortgaged acres "forehanded" if not positively rich, have ceased to be typical conditions of the American present-day prosperity.
  3. Executed with a forehand stroke. not-comparable
    — She caught a last glimpse of the pattern of the carpet when the forehanded chop with the edge of the palm came down on the back of the neck.
  4. Direct, straightforward, sincere.
    — Known as a 'forehanded' (straightforward) man, Cushing became a landowner and an investor in local industries.
  5. Paid or executed in advance. obsolete
    — ...whilst the price of restoration was always forehanded, the brotherhood had never been known to break their guarantee of honour.
  6. Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse. obsolete
    — Jaq. ...Then, to say the truth, Mary's very well forehanded too. Sanc. Forehanded --- oons this Oaf makes a Mare of my Daughter.
副词 adv.
  1. With a forehand stroke.
    — In delivering it forehanded, the ball is dropped in front of the left foot, and is struck when about a foot or even less from the ground.

词形变化

more forehanded comparative most forehanded superlative more forehanded comparative most forehanded superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
forehandedly forehandedness

词源

词源 1
From forehand + -ed.
词源 2
From forehand + -ed.
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