| slovo | definícia |
underhand
(encz) | underhand,lstivý fjey |
underhand
(encz) | underhand,pod rukou fjey |
underhand
(encz) | underhand,podvodný fjey |
underhand
(encz) | underhand,tajný fjey |
Underhand
(gcide) | Underhand \Un"der*hand`\ ([u^]n"d[~e]r*h[a^]nd`), a.
1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
--Addison.
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2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand
lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand
lower than the elbow.
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Underhand
(gcide) | Underhand \Un"der*hand`\ ([u^]n"d[~e]r*h[a^]nd`), adv.
1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud;
unfairly; dishonorably.
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Such mean revenge, committed underhand. --Dryden.
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Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with
meal for their maintenance. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Note: In modern usage, the sense is usually negative.
[PJC]
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) In an underhand manner; thrown
with the hand no higher than the shoulder and the palm
turned upward during part of the pitch; -- said of
pitching or bowling a ball.
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underhand
(wn) | underhand
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,
underhand]
2: with the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball
underarm" [syn: underarm, underhand]
adj 1: with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder
level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke" [syn:
underhand, underhanded, underarm] [ant: overarm,
overhand, overhanded]
2: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by
underhand methods" [syn: sneaky, underhand,
underhanded] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
underhand
(encz) | underhand,lstivý fjeyunderhand,pod rukou fjeyunderhand,podvodný fjeyunderhand,tajný fjey |
underhanded
(encz) | underhanded, |
underhandedly
(encz) | underhandedly,podvodně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
underhandedness
(encz) | underhandedness, |
Underhanded
(gcide) | Underhanded \Un"der*hand`ed\, a.
1. Underhand; clandestine.
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2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers;
short-handed; sparsely populated; obsolete in this sense,
short-handed or understaffed being the preferrred
term.
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Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is
much underhanded now. --Coleridge.
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Underhandedly
(gcide) | Underhandedly \Un"der*hand`ed*ly\
([u^]n"d[~e]r*h[a^]nd`[e^]d*l[y^]), adv.
In an underhand manner.
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underhand
(wn) | underhand
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,
underhand]
2: with the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball
underarm" [syn: underarm, underhand]
adj 1: with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder
level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke" [syn:
underhand, underhanded, underarm] [ant: overarm,
overhand, overhanded]
2: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by
underhand methods" [syn: sneaky, underhand,
underhanded] |
underhanded
(wn) | underhanded
adj 1: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only
by underhand methods" [syn: sneaky, underhand,
underhanded]
2: with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level;
"an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke" [syn:
underhand, underhanded, underarm] [ant: overarm,
overhand, overhanded] |
underhandedly
(wn) | underhandedly
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,
underhand] |
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