adjective
- With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.
- usage: "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"
- synonyms: underhanded, underarm
- Marked by deception.
- usage: "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
- synonyms: sneaky, underhanded
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
- synonyms: underhandedly
- With the hand swung below shoulder level.
- usage: "throwing a ball underarm"
- synonyms: underarm
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