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What (who) is underhanded$86929$ - definition
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Underhand (disambiguation); Underhanded; Underhand grip
underhand
Note: in AM usually use, and in BRIT sometimes use 'underhanded'
1.
If an action is underhand or if it is done in an underhand way, it is done secretly and dishonestly.
...underhand financial deals.
...a list of the underhanded ways in which their influence operates in the United States...
Mr Livingstone accused the government of being underhand.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
2.
You use underhand or underhanded to describe actions, such as throwing a ball, in which you do not raise your arm above your shoulder. (AM)
...an underhanded pitch.
? overarm
ADJ: ADJ n
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Underhand is also an adverb. (in BRIT, use underarm
)
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In softball, pitches are tossed underhand.
? overarm
ADV: ADV after v
Underhanded
·adj Underhand; clandestine.
II. Underhanded ·adj Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.
underhand
I. ad.
1.
Secretly, privately, clandestinely, underhandedly, in a clandestine manner, by secret means.
2.
Fraudulently, by fraudulent means, surreptitiously, unfairly.
II. a.
Secret, sly, clandestine, disingenuous, unfair, fraudulent, underhanded, surreptitious.
