sneaky, underhand, underhanded
(adjective) marked by deception; “achieved success in business only by underhand methods”
underhand, underhanded, underarm
(adjective) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; “an underhand pitch”; “an underhand stroke”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
underhanded (comparative more underhanded, superlative most underhanded)
Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.
Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
Insincere; sarcastic.
Secret; surreptitious.
Understaffed.
• (all, except "understaffed"): underhand
• (understaffed): shorthanded
underhanded (comparative more underhanded, superlative most underhanded)
In an underhanded manner.
• (in an underhanded manner): underhandedly
underhanded
simple past tense and past participle of underhand
the underhanded pl (plural only)
Devious people, collectively.
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*hand`ed, a.
1. Underhand; clandestine.
2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated. Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is much underhanded now. Coleridge.
Un"der*hand`, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. Addison.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.)
Definition: Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
Un"der*hand`, adv.
1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly. Such mean revenge, committed underhand. Dryden. Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.)
Definition: In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 July 2025
(adjective) ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; “monarchal government”; “monarchical systems”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
