different between underhand vs furtive

English

Etymology

under +? hand

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n?d?(r)-(h)?nd', IPA^(key): /??n.d?(?)?(h)ænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd
• Hyphenation: un?der?hand

Adjective

underhand (comparative more underhand, superlative most underhand)

1. secret; clandestine
2. (by extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
3. (in various ball games, of a ball) thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below

Synonyms

• (all): underhanded
• (ball games): underarm

Translations

Adverb

underhand (comparative more underhand, superlative most underhand)

1. with an underhand movement
2. in a sly, sneaky or secret manner

Synonyms

• (in a secret manner): underhandedly

Translations

Verb

underhand (third-person singular simple present underhands, present participle underhanding, simple past and past participle underhanded)

1. To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
2. To trick, deceive or gull.
3. (mining) To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.

Noun

underhand (plural underhands)

1. (textiles) The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.

   Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.

Anagrams

• unharden'd

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French furtif (“stealthy”), from Latin f?rt?vus (“stolen”), from f?rtum (“theft”), from f?r (“thief”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??t?v/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [?f????v]
• (US) IPA^(key): [?f?.??v]

Adjective

furtive (comparative more furtive, superlative most furtive)

1. Stealthy.
2. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p31

     But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.

Synonyms

• (stealthy): surreptitious
• See also Thesaurus:covert

Derived terms

• furtively
• furtiveness

Related terms

• ferret

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy?.tiv/

Adjective

furtive

1. feminine singular of furtif

Italian

Adjective

furtive

1. feminine plural of furtivo

Latin

Adjective

f?rt?ve

1. masculine vocative singular of f?rt?vus

References

• furtive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• furtive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furtive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette