forehandedness

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Meanwhile, smiling Generalissimo Franco was exhibiting his other distinctive characteristics: caution, thoroughness, quick decision, forehandedness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Katy had among her other qualities a great deal of what is called "forehandedness."

From Clover by Coolidge, Susan

"Let me felicitate you on your forehandedness," Harleston called from the next room.

From The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by Scott, John Reed

There ain't anything specially lovable about forehandedness, when you come to that.

From The Village Watch-Tower by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

One suspects that the Secretary may have been more complacently convinced of the forehandedness of the bureau chiefs than was his impatient associate.

From Theodore Roosevelt and His Times by Howland, Harold