- underhandedness
- noun see underhanded II
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
underhandedness
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underhandedness — index deceit, dishonesty, false pretense, fraud, illegality, improbity, indirection (deceitfulness) … Law dictionary
underhandedness — See underhandedly. * * * … Universalium
underhandedness — noun The characteristic of being underhanded … Wiktionary
underhandedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action: chicanery, craft, craftiness, deviousness, dishonesty, indirection, shadiness, shiftiness, slyness, sneakiness, trickery, trickiness. See HONEST … English dictionary for students
underhandedness — n. secretiveness, slyness, dubiousness, cunning … English contemporary dictionary
underhandedness — un·der·hand·ed·ness … English syllables
underhandedness — noun ( es) : deceitfulness, trickery * * * underhanˈdedness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑under … Useful english dictionary
chicanery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trickery (See deception, cunning). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deception, trickery, sophistry, cheating; see deception 1 , dishonesty . See Synonym Study at deception . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… … English dictionary for students
sly — sly, cunning, crafty, tricky, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful, artful are comparable when they mean having or showing a disposition to attain one s ends by devious or indirect means. Sly implies a lack of candor which shows itself in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dastardly — adjective Date: 1542 1. cowardly 2. characterized by underhandedness or treachery < a dastardly attack > < a dastardly villain > Synonyms: see cowardly • dastardliness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
