adj
Meaning 1
Secret; clandestine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
underhand
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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adj
Meaning 3
Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.
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adv
Meaning 4
With an underhand movement.
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adv
Meaning 5
In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.
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noun
Meaning 6
The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
Examples
- Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
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verb
Meaning 7
To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To trick, deceive or gull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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adjective
Meaning 10
with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an underhand pitch
- an underhand stroke
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underhanded, underarm
Antonyms: overhand
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
marked by deception
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- achieved success in business only by underhand methods
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sneaky, underhanded
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 12
with the hand swung below shoulder level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- throwing a ball underarm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underarm
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 13
slyly and secretly- John Donne- C.G.Bowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Mean revenge, committed underhand
- oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underhandedly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From under + hand.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: коварен (kovaren) — dishonest and sneaky
- Bulgarian: непочтен (nepočten) — dishonest and sneaky
- Dutch: achterbaks — dishonest and sneaky
- Finnish: salakähmäinen — dishonest and sneaky
- French: sournois — dishonest and sneaky
- German: hinterhältig — dishonest and sneaky
- German: heimlich — dishonest and sneaky
- Italian: subdolo — dishonest and sneaky
- Italian: sfuggente — dishonest and sneaky
- Italian: viscido — dishonest and sneaky
- Māori: tītipa — dishonest and sneaky
- Russian: вороватый (vorovatyj) — dishonest and sneaky
- Spanish: solapado — dishonest and sneaky
- Welsh: dan din — dishonest and sneaky
- Welsh: llechwraidd — dishonest and sneaky
- Bulgarian: коварно (kovarno) — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Bulgarian: подмолно (podmolno) — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Catalan: de sotamà — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Finnish: salakähmäisesti — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Italian: subdolamente — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Italian: sottobanco — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Russian: украдкой (ukradkoj) — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Russian: тихой сапой (tixoj sapoj) — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Welsh: dan din — in a dishonest and sneaky manner
- Welsh: yn llechwraidd — in a dishonest and sneaky manner