underhanded Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite marked by deception
underhand; sneaky.
- achieved success in business only by underhand methods
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adjective with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
underhand; underarm.
- an underhand pitch
- an underhand stroke
WordNet
Un"der*hand`ed adjective
Definitions
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Underhand; clandestine. -
Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated. Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is much underhanded now. Coleridge.
