Vocabulary Word
Word: underhand
Definition: (underhanded) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
Definition: (underhanded) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
Sentences Containing 'underhand'
The offices which I have myself obtained I never strove for by any underhand means.
Nay, some gentlemen are so silly, that they shall carry on an underhand affair with their friend's servant-maid, to their own disgrace, and the ruin of many a young creature.
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