Underhand

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Marked by or done in a deceptive, secret, or sly manner; dishonest and sneaky. See Synonyms at secret.
  • adj. Sports Executed with the hand brought forward and up from below the level of the shoulder; underarm: an underhand pitch.
  • ad. With an underhand movement: Throw the ball underhand.
  • ad. In a sly and secret way.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
  • adj. thrown etc with the hand brought forward and up from below
  • ad. with an underhand movement
  • ad. in a sly, sneaky or secret manner
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
  • adj. Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than the elbow.
  • ad. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly; dishonorably.
  • ad. In an underhand manner; thrown with the hand no higher than the shoulder and the palm turned upward during part of the pitch; -- said of pitching or bowling a ball.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • By secret means; in a clandestine manner, and often with an evil design.
  • By fraud; by fraudulent means.
  • Secret; clandestine: usually implying meanness or fraud, or both.
  • Sly; contriving; deceitful.
  • Performed or done with the knuckles of the hand turned under, the palm upward, and the thumb turned from the body: as, underhand bowling in cricket.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. slyly and secretly
  • adj. with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
  • adj. marked by deception
  • ad. with the hand swung below shoulder level
  • Equivalent
    crooked    corrupt   
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    secret    clandestine    unfair    fraudulent    unfairly    dishonorably   
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