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How to pronounce underhand in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sneaky, underhanded


achieved success in business only by underhand methods.
Type Words
Synonyms underarm, underhanded


an underhand pitch.
an underhand stroke.
Type Words
Synonyms underhandedly


Mean revenge, committed underhand.
oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies.
Type Words
Synonyms underarm

Examples of underhand

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And France also know that New Zealand are expecting underhand tactics from them.
From the smh.com.au
Theyre just trying to keep out foreigners and going about it in an underhand way.
From the guardian.co.uk
Numerous padded hand positions for underhand, overhand and handshake-style holds.
From the latimes.com
Sure enough, Sylvestre's underhand slow-pitches to Bland turned into fastballs.
From the sacbee.com
The Breakers, meanwhile, see the Wildcats as hypocritical, dirty and underhand.
From the nzherald.co.nz
With a deep breath, he takes aim and hurls the weapon with a firm underhand pitch.
From the washingtonpost.com
Is it so that they can pretend the ruling party are doing something underhand?
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
Short of his throwing underhand, he couldn't have done more to help the Fightin's.
From the philly.com
The Cuban team was used to hard-ball, so underhand pitching suffered at first.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"
  • Underhandedly: 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
  • Sneaky: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
  • Underarm: with the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball underarm"
  • Where excavation is carried downslope from access level (see cut and fill)