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 Definitions of underhand  [ˈʌn dərˌhænd]  

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Definition of 'underhand' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) underhand
not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty.

2.  underhand
executed with the hand below the level of the shoulder and the palm turned upward and forward:
an underhand pitch.

3. (adv.) underhand
with the hand below the level of the shoulder and the palm turned upward and forward.

4.  underhand
secretly; stealthily.

Etymology:  (1800–10)

Definition of 'underhand' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) underhand, underhanded, underarm
with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
"an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"

2. (adverb) sneaky, underhand, underhanded
marked by deception
"achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

3. (adverb) underhandedly, underhand
slyly and secretly
"Mean revenge, committed underhand"- John Donne; "oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"- C.G.Bowers

4. (adverb) underarm, underhand
with the hand swung below shoulder level
"throwing a ball underarm"


Definition of 'underhand' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) underhand
secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent

2. (adj) underhand
done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow

3. (adverb) underhand
by secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly

4. (adverb) underhand
in an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling



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