forehandedness

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"I was prepared for just such a request, a perfectly natural request," he answered Withers question, plainly approving of his own forehandedness.

From The Winning Clue by Hay, James

Alexandra and Marie laughed at her forehandedness, and fell to talking of their own affairs.

From O Pioneers! by Cather, Willa Sibert

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

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

The incident shows at once the forehandedness of Nelson, in that he was able immediately to go on so long a chase, and also the difficulties attendant upon the administration of the fleet.

From The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)