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Furtive vs Underhanded - What's the difference?

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Furtive is a related term of underhanded.


As adjectives the difference between furtive and underhanded

is that furtive is stealthy while underhanded is done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.

furtive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • stealthy
  • 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

    Derived terms

    * furtively * furtiveness

    underhanded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.
  • Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
    • His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified.
  • :An underhanded compliment is actually criticism.

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "underhanded" is often applied: tactic, way, dealing, method, trick, manner, thing, deal, scheme, practice.