Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an underhand manner; secretly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an underhand manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
underhanded manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb slyly and secretly
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Examples
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"underhandedly" trying to negotiate with another union, the
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For such a large and underhandedly influential company, it's surprising that they have managed to stay in the shadows for so long.
David Boundy: Koch Industries Deserves to Win the Snake Oil Award David Boundy 2010
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For such a large and underhandedly influential company, it's surprising that they have managed to stay in the shadows for so long.
David Boundy: Koch Industries Deserves to Win the Snake Oil Award David Boundy 2010
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Mahmud Abbas has returned to the bygone days of doublespeak, when Yasser Arafat declared the PLO charter "null and void", all the while underhandedly encouraging various and diverse terrorist attacks.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: "Oh ! The Fools!"* (On a Palestinian Munich) Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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For such a large and underhandedly influential company, it's surprising that they have managed to stay in the shadows for so long.
David Boundy: Koch Industries Deserves to Win the Snake Oil Award David Boundy 2010
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Looking back over the past few years, just try to name a single business that hasn't underhandedly shrunk its products without alerting consumers.
The Incredible Shrinking Everything Joe Queenan 2011
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To the right, the attempts to link legitimate opposition to the administration as extremist violence, is an attempt to underhandedly quiet opposition voices without having to debate it.
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For such a large and underhandedly influential company, it's surprising that they have managed to stay in the shadows for so long.
David Boundy: Koch Industries Deserves to Win the Snake Oil Award David Boundy 2010
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I've encountered this a lot too, but mostly whenever I have crazy coloured hair, something about it makes people think you're open game for conversation ALL THE TIME and don't mind being underhandedly complimented: "did you stay in the pool too long? looks like you used the wrong shampoo".
Hard to Define zombietron 2009
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For such a large and underhandedly influential company, it's surprising that they have managed to stay in the shadows for so long.
David Boundy: Koch Industries Deserves to Win the Snake Oil Award David Boundy 2010
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