ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Forehandedly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Forehandedly is an adverb meaning Prudently, with thrift and foresight.

Meaning

Prudently, with thrift and foresight.

More Meanings

  1. Ahead of time, in advance.

Example Sentences

All that we have done comes as the result of a certain insistence that since we must work it is better to work intelligently and forehandedly.
Nevertheless, because of the frequent transposition between the two sexes of the traits supposedly specific of each -- a far more frequent transposition than the conventional division between the sexes affords opportunity to observe, the woman being often the more aggressive, the man the more retired of the two—to assign forehandedly one or the other complement to one or the other sex is arbitrary and without warrent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fore-handedly, prudently, forethoughtfully, foresightedly, foresightfully, prudentially.

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