underhand
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: underhang, underland, understand, underhanded, undermind, underfang, underhead, underkind, upperhand, undermaid, underhung
Antonyms: underhang, underland, understand, underhanded, undermind, underfang, underhead, underkind, upperhand, undermaid, underhung
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Adjective
- [[secret|Secret]]; [[clandestine]].
- {{lb|en|by extension}} [[dishonest|Dishonest]] and [[sneaky]]; done in a [[secret]] or [[sly]] manner.
- {{lb|en|in various ball games, of a ball}} [[throw|Thrown]] (etc.) with the [[hand]] [[brought]] [[forward]] and [[up]] from [[below]].
Adverb
- With an underhand [[movement]].
- In a [[sly]], [[sneaky]] or [[secret]] [[manner]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[toss]] or [[lob]] with an underhand [[movement]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[trick]], [[deceive]] or [[gull]].
- {{lb|en|mining}} To [[excavate]] [[downward]] in [[successive]] [[step]]s or [[horizontal]] [[slice]]s while [[positioned]] above on [[unbroken]] [[ore]].
Noun
- {{lb|en|textiles}} The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
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