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词汇 underhanded
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Definition of underhanded in English:

underhanded

adjectiveʌndəˈhandɪdˌəndərˈhændəd
  • underhanded practices

    奸诈行为。

    another term for underhand
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This man was underhanded and sneaky, preferring to let others do the fighting for him.
    • However, I feel that this should be the final act in our war of dirty, underhanded tricks.
    • It always seems to me a kind of spiteful and devious and underhanded sort of job.
    • Surely, the activists will not stop until they have tried every means, no matter how underhanded, to get their way all across the country.
    • Griffith and Viya both used such immoral, underhanded tactics to achieve what they wanted.
    • There was always a hint that he was being underhanded, sneaky.
    • He was merciless, cruel, underhanded, dirty, and brutal to his enemies.
    • Alright, so it was a rather underhanded method of extracting the truth.
    • He told us that despite the delay and some confusion, there was nothing improper or underhanded about how events unfolded.
    • Although their values are similar to my own, doesn't their method of getting laws passed seem a little underhanded?
    • They have been underhanded and they have used cheap media ploys.
    • The film has three slackers riding their way through college on scams, cheats and underhanded stunts.
    • I've had four years of his sneaky, underhanded, dirty ways.
    • I use underhanded methods in order to accomplish good things.
    • There was nothing underhanded or secretive about this at all.
    • Stacy's deceit is never very funny or amusing - it's just sneaky and underhanded.
    • I remembered, with a sense of irony, the distaste I had had for such underhanded methods.
    • He'd done a lot of things that could be considered underhanded, even duplicitous.
    • There had to be a hidden secret, underhanded or malign.
    • Doug and I came up with a sneaky, underhanded and brilliant plan which kept us strong and under little pressure for the first three years.

Derivatives

  • underhandedly

  • adverbˌʌndəˈhandɪdliˌəndərˈhændədli
    • But as I said earlier, all this is done, perhaps underhandedly, whilst I'm supposed to be busy working.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I wasn't actually trying to underhandedly insult him, as he seemed to believe; or rather I suspect he just did it for the attention.
      • All the while doing it so underhandedly that they now believe I am completely innocent.

Rhymes

backhanded, candid, candied, heavy-handed, high-handed, offhanded, red-handed, short-handed, unbranded

Definition of underhanded in US English:

underhanded

adjectiveˌəndərˈhændədˌəndərˈhandəd
  • Acting or done in a secret or dishonest way.

    an underhanded method of snatching clients from rivals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stacy's deceit is never very funny or amusing - it's just sneaky and underhanded.
    • It always seems to me a kind of spiteful and devious and underhanded sort of job.
    • There was always a hint that he was being underhanded, sneaky.
    • The film has three slackers riding their way through college on scams, cheats and underhanded stunts.
    • This man was underhanded and sneaky, preferring to let others do the fighting for him.
    • Doug and I came up with a sneaky, underhanded and brilliant plan which kept us strong and under little pressure for the first three years.
    • Griffith and Viya both used such immoral, underhanded tactics to achieve what they wanted.
    • There was nothing underhanded or secretive about this at all.
    • I remembered, with a sense of irony, the distaste I had had for such underhanded methods.
    • I've had four years of his sneaky, underhanded, dirty ways.
    • Surely, the activists will not stop until they have tried every means, no matter how underhanded, to get their way all across the country.
    • Alright, so it was a rather underhanded method of extracting the truth.
    • He'd done a lot of things that could be considered underhanded, even duplicitous.
    • However, I feel that this should be the final act in our war of dirty, underhanded tricks.
    • He was merciless, cruel, underhanded, dirty, and brutal to his enemies.
    • He told us that despite the delay and some confusion, there was nothing improper or underhanded about how events unfolded.
    • They have been underhanded and they have used cheap media ploys.
    • Although their values are similar to my own, doesn't their method of getting laws passed seem a little underhanded?
    • There had to be a hidden secret, underhanded or malign.
    • I use underhanded methods in order to accomplish good things.
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