underhanded Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by deception
    underhand; sneaky.
    • achieved success in business only by underhand methods
  2. adjective with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
    underhand; underarm.
    • an underhand pitch
    • an underhand stroke

WordNet


Un"der*hand`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Underhand; clandestine.
  2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.
    Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is much underhanded now. Coleridge.

Webster 1913