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Meaning of underhand

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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