Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underhandly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-hand-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an underhand manner.

Etymology

From underhand + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more underhandly (comparative) most underhandly (superlative)

Questions

What does underhandly mean?
In an underhand manner.
Where does underhandly come from?
From underhand + -ly.

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