UNDERHAND

a. adv.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. Addison.

2.
a.

Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.

3.
adv.

By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly. Such mean revenge, committed underhand. Dryden. Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. Sir W. Scott.

4.
adv.

In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.

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