Underhand
['ʌndəhænd] or [,ʌndɚ'hænd]
Definition
(adj.) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; 'an underhand pitch'; 'an underhand stroke' .
Editor: Maris--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
(a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
(adv.) By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
(adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
Checker: Patrice
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Secretly, privately, clandestinely, fraudulently, underhandedly.
a. Secret, sly, clandestine, disingenuous, unfair, fraudulent, underhanded.
Typist: Sam
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Clandestine, furtive, dishonest, unfair, fraudulent, surreptitious
ANT:Openhanded, straightforward, fair, honest, undisguised
Checker: Luther
Definition
adj. and adv. secretly: by secret means: by fraud: in cricket delivered with the hand underneath—opp. to Over-arm and Round-arm.—adj. Underhan′ded clandestinely carried on: short-handed.—adv. Underhan′dedly.—n. Underhan′dedness.
Editor: Melinda
Examples
- She's an underhand little thing: I never saw a girl of her age with so much cover. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In her hearing, the Sergeant, with his own underhand object in view, had appealed to my interest in Rosanna Spearman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But, you see, from the mother's breast the colored child feels and sees that there are none but underhand ways open to it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is some underhand villainy at work to frighten my sister about her approaching marriage. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He always had his great indignation ready against anything underhand. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then Pablo leaned forward, picked up the key and tossed it underhand to the guard at the door. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You have not attempted to take any underhand advantage--you have not spoken to my sister in secret. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You have taken your own mean, underhand view of an innocent deception practised on Lady Glyde for her own good. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My good sir, said the old man, with quiet irony, Englishmen in their time have had to do just such underhand work. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Melinda