forehandedness

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

From Time Magazine Archive

When, after twenty-four hours' absence, his aide had not returned from Blentz, the chancellor had no regrets for his forehandedness.

From The Mad King by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Any God's quantity of fuss and flubdub to bury a man, and not an ounce of forehandedness in the whole outfit to find out whether he was rightly dead.

From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard

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)

By their forehandedness and their clear perception of what they must do, the Federalists, as the proponents of better government styled themselves, had a slight tactical advantage.

From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen