forehanded

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.

   “‘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. sıfat Wealthy.

   “...cause if you have, look at that forehanded man there, Deacon Westfall, and you see the rich man.”

3. sıfat Executed with a forehand stroke.

   “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. sıfat Direct, straightforward, sincere.

   “Known as a 'forehanded' (straightforward) man, Cushing became a landowner and an investor in local industries.”

5. sıfat Paid or executed in advance.

   “...whilst the price of restoration was always forehanded, the brotherhood had never been known to break their guarantee of honour.”

6. sıfat Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.

   “Jaq. ...Then, to say the truth, Mary's very well forehanded too. Sanc. Forehanded --- oons this Oaf makes a Mare of my Daughter.”

7. zarf 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.”