underhand
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underhand
- /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/
Where it comes from
From under + hand.
adjective more underhand · most underhand
- Secret; clandestine.
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Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
Similar: sneaky
- Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.
Similar: underhanded, backdoor, underarm
adverb more underhand · most underhand
- With an underhand movement.
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In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.
Similar: underhandedly
verb underhands · underhanding · underhanded
- To toss or lob with an underhand movement. Couture made straight for the refrigerator and returned with cold beer, underhanding them in turn to each of the team members, Sergeant Thi included.
- To trick, deceive or gull. The time has arrived when monkeying with the public must cease, when lying and underhanding your competitor in the baking business must be banished from the plan of business development.
- To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore. About one-half the body has been mined by underhanding into mill holes; but with the adoption of the water drill, shrinkage stoping is being largely used and the larger stopes are mined as at Levack.
noun underhands
- The lower of two hands, the hand under the work. Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
Thesaurus
adjective
Similar: underhanded, backdoor, underarm
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adj dishonest and sneaky
| Español | solapado |
|---|---|
| Français | sournois |
| Deutsch | hinterhältig, heimlich |
| Italiano | subdolo, sfuggente, viscido |
| Русский | вороватый vorovatyj |
adv in a dishonest and sneaky manner
| Italiano | subdolamente, sottobanco |
|---|---|
| Русский | украдкой ukradkoj, тихой сапой tixoj sapoj |
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title = {underhand},
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