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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

... advantage. He was generally liked in St. Petersburg, where his martial bearing and his well-known bravery had given him a sort of popularity in society, which, on the other hand, had great disdain for Gounsovski, the head of the Secret Police, who was known to be capable of anything underhanded and had been accused of sometimes playing into the hands of the Nihilists, whom he disguised as agents-provocateurs, without anybody really doubting it, and he had to fight against these widespread ...

— The Secret of the Night • Gaston Leroux

... there. Under indictment for attempted murder and for highway robbery, this man was not satisfied with having tried to kill from ambush the best friend Alaska had ever known. In every report that he sent to Washington he was dealing underhanded blows at the prosperity of Alaska. He was a snake in the grass, and as such every decent man ought to hold him ...

— The Yukon Trail - A Tale of the North • William MacLeod Raine

... you're letting your imagination run away with you, Ned," grinned Tom. "I know Mr. Stern, the president of Apex, very well, and I'm positive that he wouldn't stand for any underhanded tactics." ...

— Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope • Victor Appleton

... diplomy was earned—by a good, hard struggle, in open daylight, by unanymous vote of all concerned—an' unconcerned, for that matter. An' my opinion is thet if they are those who have any private opinions about it, an' they didn't express 'em that day, why they ain't got no right to do it underhanded, ez I am sorry to say has ...

— Sonny, A Christmas Guest • Ruth McEnery Stuart

Words linked to "Underhanded" : underarm, corrupt, crooked, sneaky, overhand