underhand


underhand (http://definr.com/underhand)

     adj 1: (sports) with hand brought forward and up from below
            shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand
            stroke" [syn: underhanded, underarm] [ant: overhand]
     2: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by
        underhand methods" [syn: sneaky, underhanded]
     adv 1: slyly and secretly; "Mean revenge, committed underhand"-
            John Donne; "oldline aristocratic diplomats
            underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align
            Germany with the Western democracies"- C.G.Bowers
            [syn: underhandedly]
     2: with the hand swung below shoulder level'; "throwing a ball
        underarm" [syn: underarm]