| slovo | definícia |
underhanded
(encz) | underhanded, |
Underhanded
(gcide) | Underhanded \Un"der*hand`ed\, a.
1. Underhand; clandestine.
[1913 Webster]
2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers;
short-handed; sparsely populated; obsolete in this sense,
short-handed or understaffed being the preferrred
term.
[1913 Webster +JG]
Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is
much underhanded now. --Coleridge.
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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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
underhanded
(encz) | underhanded, |
underhandedly
(encz) | underhandedly,podvodně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
underhandedness
(encz) | underhandedness, |
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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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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