Sekirov Dictionary

underhand

/ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/

adjective 3
verb 3
adverb 2
noun 1
forms 5

adjective3

Secret; clandestine.
Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.

verb3

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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. — 2010
•
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. — 1922
•
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. — 1903

adverb2

With an underhand movement.
In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.

noun1

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The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
- Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.

forms

underhanded · underhanding · underhands · more underhand · most underhand

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