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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNDERHAND'ED, a. Underhand; clandestine. [This is the word in more general use in the United States.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods" [syn: sneaky, underhand, underhanded]
2: with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke" [syn: underhand, underhanded, underarm] [ant: overarm, overhand, overhanded]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Date: circa 1822 underhand II. adjective Date: 1853 marked by secrecy, chicanery, and deception ; not honest and aboveboard ; sly <an underhanded attempt to gain power> Synonyms: see secret • underhandedly adverb • underhandedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. = UNDERHAND.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Underhanded Un"der*hand`ed, a. 1. Underhand; clandestine.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. See underhand, a.

Moby Thesaurus

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