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单词 forehandedness
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forehandednessn.

Etymology: < forehanded adj. 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: foreˈhandedness.
U.S.
The quality of being ‘forehanded’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > prudence > forethought
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foresight1430
forehandedness1840
far-sightedness1846
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast 478 Regular habits, forehandedness (if I may use the word) in worldly affairs,..follow in the wake of a converted man.
1897 A. T. Mahan Life Nelson II. 277 The incident shows at once the forehandedness of Nelson.
1905 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 8 Dec. 1 The attempt..to persuade people to do their Christmas shopping early appears to be making headway. Such forehandedness is in the interest of the buyers.
1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 99/3 His [sc. Ezra Pound's] forehandedness makes this new volume particularly exciting.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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