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Underhanded   /ˈəndərhˈændɪd/   Listen
Underhanded

adjective
1.
Marked by deception.  Synonyms: sneaky, underhand.
2.
With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.  Synonyms: underarm, underhand.  "An underhand stroke"  Antonym: overhand.






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"Underhanded" Quotes from Famous Books



... hate him—I could annihilate him; but he shall never charge me with anything underhanded. That letter was meant for your eyes only. Since it must be, God grant he proves worthy; but his words ...
— Without a Home • E. P. Roe

... know. Something subtle, and lurking and underhanded in the business. I feel as if you had your hands on a curtain that you might pull aside if you would, but that you don't want to ...
— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... promise never to speak to him again. She made the promise, and the manner in which she did not keep it adds the necessary human touch to this most beautiful of true love stories. Schumann was never underhanded by choice, or at all, except a little on occasion in this love affair; so now he called at once upon his old ...
— The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 • Rupert Hughes

... of employing dummies, or underhanded methods in dealings with selectors, but he had been through so much and had brooded so long that he had grown very hard and bitter and suspicious, and the reverse of generous—as many men do who start out in life ...
— Children of the Bush • Henry Lawson

... I don't appreciate your calling in all those experts. I do. It's just their sneaky, underhanded, secretive ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz


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