English-Thai Dictionary

underhand

ADJ เป็นความลับ  secret honest pen-kwam-lab

 

underhand

ADJ ไม่เปิดเผย  ทำ อย่าง ลับๆ  มี เล่ห์ เพทุบาย  cunning sincere mai-poed-poei

 

underhand

ADV อย่าง เป็นความลับ  yang-pen-kwam-lab

 

underhand

ADV โดย ทอด แขน ลง ข้างล่าง  ยื่น แขน ลง ข้างล่าง  doi-thod-kaen-long-kang-lang

 

underhanded

ADJ เป็นความลับ  pen-kwam-lab

 

underhanded

ADV อย่าง เป็นความลับ  yang-pen-kwam-lab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNDERHAND

adv. 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner.
2. By fraud; by fraudulent means.

 

UNDERHAND

a.Secret; clandestine; usually implying meanness or fraud, or both. He obtained the place by underhand practices.

 

UNDERHANDED

a.Underhand; clandestine. [This is the word in more general use in the United States. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNDERHAND

UNDERHAND Un "der *hand `, a.

 

1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. Addison.

 

2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc. )

 

Defn: Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.

 

UNDERHAND

UNDERHAND Un "der *hand `, adv.

 

1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly. Such mean revenge, committed underhand. Dryden. Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc. )

 

Defn: In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.

 

UNDERHANDED

UNDERHANDED Un "der *hand `ed, a.

 

1. Underhand; clandestine.

 

2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated. Norway. .. might defy the world, ... but it is much underhanded now. Coleridge.

 

UNDERHANDEDLY

UNDERHANDEDLY Un "der *hand `ed *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an underhand manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

underhand

un der hand |ˈəndərˌhand ˈəndərˌhænd | ▶adjective 1 (of a throw or stroke in sports ) made with the arm or hand below shoulder level: he has a surprisingly good motion, more sidearm than underhand | [ as adv. ] : I served underhand. • with the palm of the hand upward or outward: an underhand grip. 2 another term for underhanded: Laura would never agree to anything that smacked of underhand snooping. ORIGIN Old English in the sense ‘in or into subjection, under control ’ (see under-, hand ).

 

underhanded

un der hand ed |ˌəndərˈhandəd ˈˌəndərˈhændəd | ▶adjective acting or done in a secret or dishonest way: an underhanded method of snatching clients from rivals. DERIVATIVES un der hand ed ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

underhand

under |hand ▶adjective |ˈʌndəhand | 1 acting or done in a secret or dishonest way: underhand dealings. 2 another term for underarm: underhand bowling | [ as adv. ] : I served underhand. • with the palm of the hand upward or outward: an underhand grip. ORIGIN Old English in the sense ‘in or into subjection, under control ’ (see under-, hand ).

 

underhanded

under |hand ¦ed |ʌndəˈhandɪd | ▶adjective another term for underhand: underhanded practices. DERIVATIVES underhandedly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

underhanded

underhanded adjective lying about knowing their son was just one of the underhanded things he did: deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, unethical, unprincipled, immoral, unscrupulous, fraudulent, dubious, unfair, snide; treacherous, lowdown, duplicitous, double-dealing; devious, artful, crooked, shady, crafty, conniving, scheming, sly, wily, not aboveboard; clandestine, backstairs, secret, surreptitious, sneaky, furtive, covert, cloak-and-dagger. ANTONYMS honest.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

underhand

underhand adjective he was accused of employing underhand tactics: deceitful, underhanded, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, unethical, unprincipled, immoral, unscrupulous, fraudulent, cheating, dubious, dirty, unfair, treacherous, duplicitous, double-dealing, below the belt, two-timing, two-faced, unsporting, unsportsmanlike; devious, calculating, artful, crafty, cunning, conniving, scheming, designing, sly, wily, guileful, tricky; criminal, illegal, unlawful, nefarious; secret, secretive, clandestine, surreptitious, sneaky, sneaking, furtive, covert, veiled, shrouded, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hole-and-corner, hidden, back-alley, backstairs, under the table, conspiratorial; N. Amer. snide, snidey; informal crooked, shady, bent, low-down, murky, fishy; Brit. informal dodgy; Austral. /NZ informal shonky; S. African informal slim. ANTONYMS honest, fair, above board.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

underhand

ú nder h à nd 形容詞 ｟否定的に ｠不正な ; 秘密の .副詞 /-̀--́ /比較なし ｟米 ｠〘スポーツ 〙下手投げで, アンダースローの (｟英 ｠underarm )(↔overhand ).

 

underhanded

ù nder h á nd ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ＝underhand .～ly 副詞 不正に ; 秘密に .～ness 名詞 U 不正 ; 秘密 .