underhand

Meanings

Plural: underhands

Adjective

• with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
  • "an underhand pitch"
  • "an underhand stroke"

Adjective Satellite

• marked by deception
  • "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

Adverb

• slyly and secretly; - John Donne; - C.G.Bowers
  • "Mean revenge, committed underhand"
  • "oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"
• with the hand swung below shoulder level

Adj

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

Adv

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

Verb

• To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
• To trick, deceive or gull.
• To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.

Noun

• The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.

Synonyms

sneaky, underarm, underhanded, underhandedly

Antonyms

overhand

Anagrams of underhand