underhand

underhand is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
2. adjective. Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
3. adverb. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
4. adverb. In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
5. adjective. marked by deception

   "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

   Synonyms: sneaky, underhanded

6. adjective. with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level

   "an underhand pitch"

   "an underhand stroke"

   Synonyms: underarm, underhanded

7. adverb. with the hand swung below shoulder level

   "throwing a ball underarm"

   Synonyms: underarm

8. adverb. slyly and secretly- John Donne- C.G.Bowers

   "Mean revenge, committed underhand"

   "oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"

   Synonyms: underhandedly

Synonyms

sneaky, underhanded, underarm, underhandedly

Common word forms

underhands, underhanded, underhanding

Words from these letters

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