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/ˈəndərhˈændɪd/ Listen

adjective

Underhanded adj.

Underhand; clandestine.

Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated; obsolete in this sense, short-handed or understaffed being the preferrred term. "Norway... might defy the world,... but it is much underhanded now."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Underhanded" Quotes from Famous Books

... any experience with shipping boards, Charlotte, you would know that they can only be moved by chloroform or dynamite. Besides, Duke would never do anything underhanded; he is too patriotic; though, ...

— Ladies-In-Waiting • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... said "Yes?" and "Yes," and "Yes, Ben." And then: "Oh, Ben! I don't understand." And then her mother's voice sharpened, and she cut into something Gaynor was saying: "I can't say anything like that! It is as though we suspected him of being underhanded. And——" ...

— The Everlasting Whisper • Jackson Gregory

... them underhanded hints of your'n, you might as well save your breath," she replied. "I'll go and git the water myself, fer them dishes is goin' ...

— Bruvver Jim's Baby • Philip Verrill Mighels

... Mrs Wilfer, 'I say nothing. Of their appearance, I say nothing. Of the disinterestedness of their intentions towards Bella, I say nothing. But the craft, the secrecy, the dark deep underhanded plotting, written in Mrs Boffin's countenance, ...

— Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens

... protested—too vehemently. "I do NOT regret marrying him. That was certain to be sooner or later. All I regret is that I did something that seems underhanded. Perhaps I'm really only sorry I didn't tell them as ...

— The Cost • David Graham Phillips

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