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Meanings of underhanded in английском

Marked by deception.

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With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.

Usage of underhanded in английском
1
People like the young idealist don't deal in underhanded things like that.
A Confederacy of Dunces
2
We are both willing to do underhanded things to make it happen.
From a Certain Point of View
3
The underhanded toss of the Skee-Ball game perfectly replicates the actual machine.
Wired
4
We will have no underhanded truck system introduced on the Verner estate.
Verner's Pride
5
Silo was, undoubtedly, scheduled to become a throwaway in some underhanded scheme.
Surrender to the will of the night
6
The one who pushes you around or behaves in an underhanded way.
BBC
7
If you like to say I have been underhanded, I admit it.
The Coming of Bill
8
He caught a coil of rope underhanded to him by his partner.
The system of the world
9
She is very forthright and would not do anything devious or underhanded.
Wild Justice
10
They wouldn't side with the Erudite-theywould never do something that underhanded.
Divergent
11
But at last they satisfied him that they were projecting nothing underhanded.
Roughing It
12
I will not abet you, nor will I encourage any underhanded proceedings.
The Old Stone House and Other Stories
13
But even such necessities, these underhanded indignities of time, had their alleviations.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
14
We suspect some underhanded work of Philip's which would be easy enough.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of ...
15
I don't like insults and I don't like underhanded this and that.
The Guardian
16
I'll play you a square game, and won't do any underhanded work.
Heart of the West
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