Sekirov Dictionary

underhanded

adjective 5
adverb 1
noun 1
forms 2

adjective5

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Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.
- Golf is an underhanded game, because we must swing the club in an underhanded motion in order to play the ball off the ground. — 2011
•
Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
- His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified.
•
Secret; surreptitious.
- And, although the mystery of an unsigned note rather thrilled her, it seemed underhanded. And June hated underhanded things. — 1903
•
Insincere; sarcastic.
- An underhanded compliment is actually criticism.
•
Understaffed.
- Jude and me can make out to work the boat and get a livin', but we're too underhanded for a big job. — 2008

adverb1

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In an underhanded manner.
- Bonino required each of us to shoot our free throws underhanded. — 2009

noun[plural only]1

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Devious people, collectively.
- We have fallen to the underhanded and label it a greater means. — 2002

forms

more underhanded · most underhanded

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