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Cosa (chi) è underhand - definizione
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Underhand (disambiguation); Underhanded; Underhand grip
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.
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
•
In softball, pitches are tossed underhand.
? overarm
ADV: ADV after v
Underhand
·adj Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
II. Underhand ·adv In an underhand manner;
- said of pitching or bowling.
III. Underhand ·adv By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
IV. Underhand ·adj Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per underhand
1. On a second occasion, I caught him underhand again.
2. We have no intention of doing anything underhand, he said.
3. "You can‘t build a bridge of confidence with the scaffolding of lies and underhand dealing.
4. He was a gentleman in all his dealings, never underhand, always scrupulous.
5. Having failed to achieve their ends through diplomacy, the British resorted to sinister underhand means.