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underhand a. 秘密的,下投的,欺瞒的 秘密的,下投的,欺瞒的 underhand adv 1: slyly and secretly; " Mean revenge, committed underhand"- John Donne; " oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt... to align Germany with the Western democracies"- C. G. Bowers [ synonym: { underhandedly}, { underhand}] 2: with the hand swung below shoulder level; " throwing a ball underarm" [ synonym: { underarm}, { underhand}] adj 1: with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; " an underhand pitch"; " an underhand stroke" [ synonym: { underhand}, { underhanded}, { underarm}] [ ant: { overarm}, { overhand}, { overhanded}] 2: marked by deception; " achieved success in business only by underhand methods" [ synonym: { sneaky}, { underhand}, { underhanded}] Underhand \ Un" der* hand`\ ([ u^] n" d[~ e] r* h[ a^] nd`), a. 1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than the elbow. [ 1913 Webster]
Underhand \ Un" der* hand`\ ([ u^] n" d[~ e] r* h[ a^] nd`), adv. 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly; dishonorably. [ 1913 Webster] Such mean revenge, committed underhand. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In modern usage, the sense is usually negative. [ PJC] 2. ( Baseball, Cricket, etc.) In an underhand manner; thrown with the hand no higher than the shoulder and the palm turned upward during part of the pitch; -- said of pitching or bowling a ball. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 20 Moby Thesaurus words for " underhand": crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, furtive, guileful, hangdog, indirect, insidious, oblique, shifty, sly, sneaking, sneaky, tricky, underhanded, wily
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