Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - underhand
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Underhand
underhand
Note: in AM usually use, and in BRIT sometimes use 'underhanded' 1. If an action is underhand or if it is done in an underhand way, it is done secretly and dishonestly. ...underhand financial deals. ...a list of the underhanded ways in which their influence operates in the United States... Mr Livingstone accused the government of being underhand. ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval 2. You use underhand or underhanded to describe actions, such as throwing a ball, in which you do not raise your arm above your shoulder. (AM) ...an underhanded pitch. ? overarm ADJ: ADJ n • Underhand is also an adverb. (in BRIT, use underarm) In softball, pitches are tossed underhand. ? overarm ADV: ADV after v
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1.
I. adverb Date: 1538 1. a. in a clandestine manner b. archaic in a quiet or unobtrusive manner 2. with an ~ motion bowl ~ pitch ~ II. adjective Date: 1592 1. ~ed 2. done so as to evade notice 3. made with the hand brought forward and up from below the shoulder level an ~ serve ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. & adv. --adj. 1 secret, clandestine, not above-board. 2 deceptive, crafty. 3 Sport, esp. Cricket underarm. --adv. in an underhand manner. Etymology: OE (as UNDER-, HAND) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. тайный, секретный, закулисный underhand intrigues —- закулисные интриги 2. неискренний, неоткровенный, непрямой 3. тайком, за спиной, исподтишка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
1. adj. 1) тайный, закулисный; underhand intrigues - закулисные интриги 2) хитрый, коварный Syn: see stealthy 2. adv. тайно, за спиной ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~1 also underhanded ~ adj dishonest and done secretly (underhand dealings) - underhandedly adv - underhandedness n ~2 adv AmE if you throw a ball underhand, you throw it without moving your arm above your shoulder; underarm1 ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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