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What is the adverb for underhand?

What's the adverb for underhand? Here's the word you're looking for.

underhand
  1. with an underhand movement
  2. in a sly, sneaky or secret manner
underhandedly
  1. In an underhanded manner.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. behind someone's back, by stealth, clandestinely, in secret, insidiously, in strict confidence, on the quiet, quietly, stealthily, secretly, covertly, furtively, on the sly, sneakily, sub rosa, surreptitiously, without someone's knowledge, privately, underhandly, privily, darkly, slily, cunningly, wilily, deviously, dirtily, under cover, under the counter, slyly, under the table, obscurely, in camera, behind the scenes, backstage, confidentially, on the QT, unobserved, without anyone knowing, in private, intimately, hush-hush, on the side, in confidence, personally, behind closed doors, conspiratorially, in holes and corners, discreetly, between ourselves, off the record … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But as I said earlier, all this is done, perhaps underhandedly, whilst I'm supposed to be busy working.”
      “All the while doing it so underhandedly that they now believe I am completely innocent.”
      “These days, the authority of the Pope is attacked, sometimes quite underhandedly.”
underhandly
  1. In an underhand manner.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dishonestly, unscrupulously, crookedly, deceitfully, shadily, unprincipledly, duplicitously, dishonourably, fraudulently, treacherously, deviously, trickily, shiftily, guilefully, craftily, deceptively, cunningly, unethically, immorally, wilily, disreputably, dubiously, artfully, dirtily, unfairly, nefariously, schemingly, designingly, illegally, dodgily, criminally, cheatingly, calculatingly, unlawfully, meanly, connivingly, sharply, shonkily, snidely, insidiously, lowly, unsportingly, fastly, dishonorably, fishily, unjustly, slimly, obliquely, two-facedly, slily … more
underhanded
  1. In an underhanded manner.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. craftily, deceitfully, deviously, dishonestly, slyly, sneakily, stealthily, underhandedly
  3. Examples:
      4. “Bonino required each of us to shoot our free throws underhanded.”
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