underhand

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It seems pretty underhand to not be explicit that they have u turned on this issue.

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Quick take

with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"

adjective

marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for underhand.

adjective

with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"

adjective

marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

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

adverb

with the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball underarm"

Example sentences

It seems pretty underhand to not be explicit that they have u turned on this issue.

They have also not been shy of using underhand methods to maintain their position.

If using underhand tactics like tracking them via an ad network, then maybe scummy.

He's outspoken for his insistence that his signature underhand free throw technique is more accurate.

Even players who never take normal jump shots and have atrocious free throw ability never switch to the underhand style.

"As for intellectual property, the textile industry of New England got its start with English designs in something of an underhand way, I recall.

The US kills a lot of people and I'm not particularly confident that they'd refrain from killing Assange out of good will or decency or anything, but I think they'd have to do it in some fairly underhand manner that they could do just as well outside the US.

> Funny thing is, when recommending it to a friend, they mistakenly assumed from the title that it was a book of underhand tacticsMost people I've told about this book have the same reaction, to the point where I suspect that Carnegie picked the title on purpose to get 'manipulators' to learn how to actually be good people.