Underhanded
[ʌndə'hændɪd] or ['ʌndɚ'hændɪd]
Definition
(a.) Underhand; clandestine.
(a.) Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.
Typed by Carlyle
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Underhand.
Typed by Chauncey
Examples
- It is so deplorably underhanded,' said Mortimer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Esther, Richard resumed, you are not to suppose that I have come here to make underhanded charges against John Jarndyce. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You are reproaching me, underhanded, with having nobody but you to look to. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It is such unspeakable moral compensation to Wegg, to be overcome by the consideration that Mr Rokesmith has an underhanded mind! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So mean, so underhanded. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For the first time in his life he had done an underhanded action, and he had done wrong. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But the craft, the secrecy, the dark deep underhanded plotting, written in Mrs Boffin's countenance, make me shudder. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typed by Chauncey