UNDERHANDED

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


Etymology

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (all, except "understaffed"): underhand

• (understaffed): shorthanded

Adverb

underhanded (comparative more underhanded, superlative most underhanded)

In an underhanded manner.

Synonyms

• (in an underhanded manner): underhandedly

Verb

underhanded

simple past tense and past participle of underhand

Noun

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.

UNDERHAND

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



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