underhandedly adv 1: slyly and secretly; "Mean revenge, committed underhand"- John Donne; "oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"- C.G.Bowers [syn: {underhandedly}, {underhand}]
Underhandedly \Un"der*hand`ed*ly\ ([u^]n"d[~e]r*h[a^]nd`[e^]d*l[y^]), adv. In an underhand manner. [1913 Webster]