Hypertext Webster Gateway: "underhand"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Underhand \Un"der*hand`\, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
--Addison.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand
lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand
lower than elbow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.) In an underhand manner; -- said
of pitching or bowling.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
underhand
adj 1: (sports) with hand brought forward and up from below
shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand
stroke" [syn: {underhanded}, {underarm}] [ant: {overhand}]
2: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by
underhand methods" [syn: {sneaky}, {underhanded}]
adv 1: 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
[syn: {underhandedly}]
2: with the hand swung below shoulder level'; "throwing a ball
underarm" [syn: {underarm}]
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