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单词 underhand
释义 underhand
 /un"deuhr hand'/,  adj.  
  1. not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: an underhand deal with the chief of police.
  2. executed with the hand below the level of the shoulder and the palm turned upward and forward: an underhand delivery of a ball.
  adv.  
  3. with the hand below the level of the shoulder and the palm turned upward and forward: to bowl underhand.
  4. secretly; stealthily; slyly.
 [bef. 900; 1530-40 for def. 1; ME under hande (adv.) under rule, OE underhand. See UNDER-, HAND]
 Syn. 1. stealthy, sly, clandestine, surreptitious.
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