underhand
- a with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
an underhand pitch
an underhand stroke - s marked by deception
achieved success in business only by underhand methods - r 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 - r with the hand swung below shoulder level
- The player bowls his first ball (with an underhand, twisting throw) toward a tiny object ball.
- The winner was a spry young Bostonian with a fierce eye and an underhand serve, Richard Dudley Sears.
- Not all of the espionage work is underhand, of course: many companies regularly instruct salesmen and other fieldworkers to report back any news and gossip, also sift trade .