Usually means: Deceptive, sneaky method or technique.
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  1. underhand: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underhand: Merriam-Webster
  3. underhand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. underhand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. underhand: Collins English Dictionary
  6. underhand: Vocabulary.com
  7. Underhand, underhand: Wordnik
  8. underhand: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. underhand: Wiktionary
  10. underhand: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. underhand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. underhand: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. underhand: Dictionary.com
  14. underhand (adv.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. underhand: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Underhand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. underhand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. underhand: Rhymezone
  19. Underhand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. underhand: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. underhand: FreeDictionary.org
  22. underhand: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. underhand: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. underhand: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Secret; clandestine.
adjective:  (by extension) Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
adjective:  (in various ball games, of a ball) Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.
adverb:  With an underhand movement.
adverb:  In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.
verb:  (transitive) To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
verb:  (transitive) To trick, deceive or gull.
verb:  (mining) To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
noun:  (textiles) The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.

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