underhand

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UN'DERHAND, adverb 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner. 2. By fraud; by fraudulent means. UN'DERHAND, adjective Secret; clandestine; usually implying meanness or fraud, or both. He obtained the place by underhand practices.
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