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underhand

adjective
 
 
/ˌʌn.dəˈhænd/ US  /-dɚ-/ (US usually underhanded) disapproving

Definition

done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage: What really angered her was the dirty, underhand way they had tricked her.Sly and deviousDishonest
(Definition of underhand adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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