Underhand

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Underhand \Un"der*hand`\ ([u^]n"d[~e]r*h[a^]nd`), a.
     1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
        --Addison.
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     2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand


        lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand
        lower than the elbow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Such mean revenge, committed underhand. --Dryden.
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              Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with
              meal for their maintenance.           --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     Note: In modern usage, the sense is usually negative.
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     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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  underhand
       adj 1: with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level;
              "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke" [syn: {underhanded},
               {underarm}] [ant: {overhand}]
       2: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by
          underhand methods" [syn: {sneaky}, {underhanded}]
       adv 1: 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}]
       2: with the hand swung below shoulder level'; "throwing a ball
          underarm" [syn: {underarm}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "underhand":
     crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, dishonest,
     duplicitous, furtive, guileful, hangdog, indirect, insidious,
     oblique, shifty, sly, sneaking, sneaky, tricky, underhanded,
     wily