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Underhandedly

adverb
1.
Slyly and secretly.  Synonym: underhand.  "Oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"






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"Underhandedly" Quotes from Famous Books



... especially with the female sex, is often most shamelessly promoted. More or less underhandedly, certain preparations are praised, and they are recommended especially in the advertisements of most of the papers that penetrate into the family circle as especially devoted to its entertainment. These puffs are addressed mainly to the better situated portion of society, seeing the ...
— Woman under socialism • August Bebel

... simply hastened the ruin of the interdicted. The grand skinflint, the master usurer of the time, Jean V, duke of Brittany, refused to publish the edict in his states, but, underhandedly, notified all those of his subjects who dealt with Gilles. No one now dared to buy the Marshal's domains for fear of incurring the wrath of the king, so Jean V remained the sole purchaser and fixed the prices. You may judge how liberal ...
— La-bas • J. K. Huysmans



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