UNDERHANDEDLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

underhandedly

adverb

Definition of underhandedly

as in surreptitiously

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That's not the first time a president surreptitiously switched planes.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Two senior health-ministry officials, speaking anonymously, told the magazine that at least 30,000 dead (and possibly many more) was a likelier figure, and one that was corroborated by a group of first responders who collected data surreptitiously.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

Definition of surreptitiously

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The pollution is expected to drift into the Bay Area, stealthily diminishing air quality without the signature campfire smell associated with wildfire smoke, according to Anthony Edwards, the San Francisco Chronicle’s newsroom meteorologist.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
The films are set in modern times, but the character is stealthily nostalgic.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Definition of stealthily

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The state, in partnership with the federal government, built the camp quickly and secretively and opened it in July.

— Eve Samples, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.

— Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017

Definition of secretively

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Kikuko, her appetite sluggish, nibbled the bread bit by bit from the edges, all the while furtively watching her father.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
It’s meant to blends furtively into a bookshelf or sits elegantly atop a bedside table, never inside it.

— Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of furtively

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Also quite useful while breaking down cardboard boxes and covertly tossing kid art projects.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
Israel had captured these portable systems in the October 1973 war with Egypt and Syria and covertly transferred them to the Kurds in return for equivalent American systems.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of covertly

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Because Iran is a theocratic dictatorship that routinely arrests and in some cases executes journalists, Western reporters hoping to cover the country must either work clandestinely or submit to government supervision.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Soon afterward, social media commenters were speculating about whether Sierra broke into the office or was caught clandestinely shredding documents.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026

Definition of clandestinely

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Each team will alternate tossing the bean bag underhand onto the board until all four bean bags are thrown.

— Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
Pitchers tossed underhand and no one wore gloves yet, resulting in smarting pain in the hands of catchers and first basemen.

— Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2023

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