Underhand

  • 21underhand — un•der•hand [[t]ˈʌn dərˌhænd[/t]] adj. 1) not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty 2) spo executed with the hand below the level of the shoulder and the palm turned upward and forward: an underhand pitch[/ex] 3) spo with the hand below the… …

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  • 22underhand — /ˈʌndəhænd / (say unduhhand) adjective 1. not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonourable. 2. done or delivered underhand. –adverb 3. with the hand below the shoulder, as in pitching or bowling a ball. 4. Tennis with the racquet held… …

  • 23underhand — adj. & adv. adj. 1 secret, clandestine, not above board. 2 deceptive, crafty. 3 Sport, esp. Cricket underarm. adv. in an underhand manner. Etymology: OE (as UNDER , HAND) …

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  • 24underhand dealing — index bad faith, collusion, dishonesty, evasion, knavery, pettifoggery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25underhand participation — index connivance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26underhand practice — index pettifoggery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 27underhand — Synonyms and related words: crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, furtive, guileful, hangdog, indirect, insidious, oblique, shifty, sly, sneaking, sneaky, tricky, underhanded, wily …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28underhand — under one’s hand, in one’s power. RG. 141 …

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  • 29underhand — adj. clandestine, sly, deceitful, dubious; (for example of a throw) performed with the arm below the height of the shoulder and the palm of the hand facing forward adv. (for example of throwing) with the arm below the height of the shoulder and… …

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  • 30underhand — (also underhanded) adjective 1》 acting or done in a secret or dishonest way. 2》 underarm.     ↘with the palm of the hand upward or outward. Derivatives underhandedly adverb …

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