underhand Значение & определение

Значение на underhand на български

• 0 done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage:

  • What really angered her was the dirty, underhand way they had tricked her.

• 1 (done by) moving the arm below shoulder level:

  • underhand throwing

  • He pitched underhand for the younger children.

• 2 (done) by moving the arm from back to front with the hand below shoulder level and with the inner part of the hand facing forward:

  • an underhand toss

• 3 done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage:

  • This is an underhand attempt to resume commercial whaling.

  • Insurers have been accused of using underhand tactics to reduce the amount of compensation paid to homeowners who have been missold a mortgage endowment policy.

  • underhanded methods/tactics