1. underhand - Noun
2. underhand - Adjective
3. underhand - Verb
4. underhand - Adverb
6. underhand - Adjective Satellite
Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI know that I have been denounced as a traitor and I resent the accusation, as I conceive myself to have been guilty of no underhand or deceitful act against Britain, although I am also able to understand the resentment that my broadcasts have, in many quarters, aroused. William Joyce
If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job. Ian St John
That's the trouble with people like them, I suppose; whenever you think you're detecting the first signs of them starting to behave responsibly, it's just them being even more devious and underhand than usual. Iain Banks
Thou hast prevaricated with thy friend, By underhand contrivances undone me: And while my open nature trusted in thee, Thou hast slept in between me and my hopes, And ravish'd from me all my soul held dear. Thou hast betray'd me. Nicholas Rowe
I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand. Ty Cobb
I use fast curves, pitched overhand and sidearm, fastballs, high and inside, and an underhand fade away pitch with the hand almost down to the level of the knees. Chief Bender