2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than the elbow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly; dishonorably. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such mean revenge, committed underhand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
In modern usage, the sense is usually negative. [ PJC ]
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) In an underhand manner; thrown with the hand no higher than the shoulder and the palm turned upward during part of the pitch; -- said of pitching or bowling a ball. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated; obsolete in this sense, short-handed or understaffed being the preferrred term. [ 1913 Webster +JG ]
Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is much underhanded now. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
(adj) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level, Syn.underarm, underhanded, Ant.overhand, Example: an underhand pitch; an underhand stroke
(adv) slyly and secretly; - John Donne; - C.G.Bowers, Syn.underhand, Example: Mean revenge, committed underhand; oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies
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