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underhanding

underhanding adjective: devious; passive-aggressive. Also the present participle and gerund of underhand.

Adjective

underhanding (comparative more underhanding, superlative most underhanding)

  1. Devious; passive-aggressive.
    • Maybe during the first session we can try to size up the type of anger problem she has: exploding? underhanding? somatizing?2000, Jeffrey Watson, Biblical Counseling for Today, →ISBN
    • In holier ways that honor and bless with peace and happiness, passing the understanding of ghost whisperers 'tall', under-handing utterances of -- disquieting anxieties, invading love's sanctuary.2009, Alfred Colo, REAPER: Elegy, →ISBN

Also used as

underhanding is also the present participle and gerund of underhand.

Forms of underhanding

comparativemore underhanding
superlativemost underhanding

Questions about underhanding

What does underhanding mean?
Underhanding means devious; passive-aggressive.
What part of speech is underhanding?
Underhanding is an adjective.

Words near underhanding in the dictionary

  1. underhanded
  2. underhandedly
  3. underhandedness
  4. underhander
  5. underhanders
  6. underhanding
  7. underhandly
  8. underhandness
  9. underhands
  10. underhang
  11. underhanging

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