underhand English

Meaning underhand meaning

What does underhand mean?

underhand

— adjective with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level an underhand pitch an underhand stroke

— adjective marked by deception achieved success in business only by underhand methods

— adverb (= underhandedly) slyly and secretly Mean revenge, committed underhand — John Donne oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies — C.G.Bowers

— adverb (= underarm) with the hand swung below shoulder level throwing a ball underarm

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underhanded

sneaky

underarm

secret

underhandedly

stealthy

insidious

dishonest

clandestine

wily

unfair

treacherous

snaky

sly

shady

lurking

hole-and-corner

furtive

fraudulent

deceitful

covert

behind one’s back

backstairs

wry

wrongful

wrong

wonky

warped

untrustworthy

unscrupulous

unreliable

unprincipled

under-the-table

under the table

under the counter

ulterior

two faced

trappy

traitorous

tortuous

surreptitious

stealthily

squinty

sneaking

sneak

sinister

shifty

questionable

perfidious

oblique