Definition of Forehandedness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forehandedness

foreguess
foreguessed
foreguesses
foreguessing
foregut
foregut cysts
foreguts
forehalsen
forehand
forehand(a)
forehand drive
forehand shot
forehand stroke
forehanded
forehandedly
forehandedness (current term)
forehands
forehead
foreheaded
foreheadedness
foreheads
forehear
foreheard
forehearing
forehears
forehearth
forehearths
forehent
forehents
forehew

Literary usage of Forehandedness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy and the Eastern Question: The Problem of the Far East as by Thomas Franklin Millard (1919)
"... or hostility to Germany—Japan's forehandedness in declaring war—Her motives analyzed—Periods of Japan's war policy—Its various motivations—Gov. erned by ..."

2. A Manual of the Short Story Art by Glenn Clark (1922)
"But if forehandedness is necessary in preparing stage properties, ... Such forehandedness is especially necessary where you plan to have things happen which ..."

3. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"A sailor never becomes interested in religion, without immediately learning to read, if he did not know how before; and regular habits, forehandedness (if I ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"Tb-? real reason that so many people don't enjoy life is because they're always planning to do so. Prudence and forehandedness have been so drilled into us ..."

5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"There is one lesson here for the present time, however; too many of us are losing the habit of "forehandedness," and live litterally from hand to mouth ..."

6. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1898)
"It was simply his brilliant forehandedness which gave him the appearance of being the aggressor. The wars themselves were terrible and bloody, ..."

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