English Dictionary

forehanded

IPA（発音記号）

/fɔːˈhandɪd/

形容詞

アメリカ英語 廃用 比較不可

(now US) Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent. / (obsolete, US) Wealthy. / (not comparable) Executed with a forehand stroke. / Direct, straightforward, sincere.

日本語の意味

未来を見据えた、先見の明がある、用心深い / （古語、現代米語において）裕福な / （スポーツ用語として）フォアハンドで打たれた / 率直で直接的、誠実

The forehanded CEO invested in renewable energy years ago, which paid off when the market shifted.

先見の明のあるCEOは数年前に再生可能エネルギーに投資し、市場が変化したときにその判断は報われました。

意味（1）

(now US) 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.’

意味（2）

(obsolete, US) Wealthy.

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.

意味（3）

(not comparable) 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.

意味（4）

Direct, straightforward, sincere.

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

意味（5）

(obsolete) 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.

意味（6）

(obsolete) 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.

more forehanded （ comparative ）

most forehanded （ superlative ）