'Underhand' definitions:

Definition of 'underhand'

(from WordNet)
adverb
Slyly and secretly; "Mean revenge, committed underhand"- John Donne; "oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"- C.G.Bowers [syn: underhandedly, underhand]
adverb
With the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball underarm" [syn: underarm, underhand]
adjective
With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke" [syn: underhand, underhanded, underarm] [ant: overarm, overhand, overhanded]
adjective
Marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods" [syn: sneaky, underhand, underhanded]

Definition of 'Underhand'

From: GCIDE
  • Underhand \Un"der*hand`\ ([u^]n"d[~e]r*h[a^]nd`), adv.
  • 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly; dishonorably. [1913 Webster]
  • Such mean revenge, committed underhand. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In modern usage, the sense is usually negative. [PJC]
  • 2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) In an underhand manner; thrown with the hand no higher than the shoulder and the palm turned upward during part of the pitch; -- said of pitching or bowling a ball. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Underhand'

From: GCIDE
  • Underhand \Un"der*hand`\ ([u^]n"d[~e]r*h[a^]nd`), a.
  • 1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than the elbow. [1913 Webster]

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