Meaning

5 senses
  1. Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.

    with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level

  2. Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.

    His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified.

    hinterhältig, hinterlistig

    подлыйpodlyj

  3. Insincere; sarcastic.

    An underhanded compliment is actually criticism.

    sarkastisch

  4. Secret; surreptitious.

    heimlich, verdeckt

  5. Understaffed.

    unterbesetzt

Examples

2 sentences
  1. In softball, the ball is pitched underhanded.

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  2. Find a more productive outlet for your emotions instead of continuously following me with your underhanded remarks.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sly:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
sly:
sarcastic:
secret:
understaffed:

Forms

more underhanded, most underhanded
Comparativemore underhanded Lesson
Superlativemost underhanded Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
insincere:backhanded
all, except "understaffed":underhand
shorthanded:understaffed
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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