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1
given to or marked by cheating and deception
- willing to stoop to underhand methods in order to win
Synonyms for underhand
- bent
- [chiefly British],
- crooked,
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- double-dealing,
- duplicitous,
- fast,
- fraudulent,
- guileful,
- rogue,
- shady,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- underhanded
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2
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
- the congressman's underhand attempt to slip several pork barrel items into the bill
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underhand
adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of underhand (Entry 2 of 2)
as in underhanded, surreptitiously
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“Underhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underhand. Accessed 27 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of underhand was in 1538
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