Underhand meaning

ŭn'dər-hănd'
Executed with the hand brought forward and up from below the level of the shoulder; underarm.

An underhand pitch.

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Dishonest and sneaky; underhanded.
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With an underhand movement.

Throw the ball underhand.

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In a sly and secret way.
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Performed with the hand below the level of the elbow or the arm below the level of the shoulder.

An underhand throw.

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With an underhand motion.
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Not openly or straightforwardly.
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(by extension) Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
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(in various ball games, of a ball) Thrown etc with the hand brought forward and up from below.
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With an underhand movement.
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In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.
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Origin of underhand

Old English under hand

Sentence Examples

  • Perform an underhand movement to bump or set, and do an overhand swing to spike or block.

  • I felt it was a very underhand way of getting into my home.

  • For the two ealdormen whom he delighted to honor and placed at the head of his armies, ~lfric and Eadric Streona, are accused, the one of persistent cowardice, the other of underhand intrigue with the Danes.

  • Even as the minister of a constitutional monarch his intolerance of interference or joint authority, his temper at once imperious and intriguing, his inveterate inclination towards brigue, that is to say, underhand rivalry and caballing for power and place, showed themselves unfavourably; and his constant tendency to inflame the aggressive and chauvinist spirit of his country neglected fact, was not based on any just estimate of the relative power and interests of France, and led his country more than once to the verge of a great calamity.

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