Definitions

underhand

[uhn-der-hand] / ˈʌn dərˌhænd /

ADJECTIVE

deceitful

Synonyms

STRONG

underhanded

WEAK

clandestine concealed crafty crooked cunning deceptive devious dirty-dealing dishonest dishonorable double-crossing duplicitous fraudulent furtive guileful hush-hush indirect insidious oblique on the Q.T. on the quiet secret secretive shady shifty slippery sly sneaking sneaky stealthy sub-rosa surreptitious treacherous tricky two-faced two-timing under wraps undercover unethical unfair unjust unscrupulous wily

Antonyms

WEAK

aboveboard forthright frank honest

Example Sentences

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Underhand pitching, with no legal curve balls, seems strange to him, as does the rule that lets batters demand high or low pitches as they fancy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Underhand dissensions and jealousies began to creep in among these criminals, secretly disquieted by projects of which they were reciprocally suspicious.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various

Underhand scheming of this kind is of course always to be condemned.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus

Cousin Philip vows I shan't, and he seems to have some underhand means of stopping it—I—I don't know what—" "Underhand!

From Helena by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Underhand ways were resorted to of cheating despair and getting at the pocket of Hope.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

Vocabulary lists containing underhand

Physical Education - Introductory

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Physical Education - Middle School and High School

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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-

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