crafty vs underhanded

crafty

adj
  • Sneaky; surreptitious. 

  • Skillful at deceiving others. 

  • Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. 

  • Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. 

underhanded

adj
  • Secret; surreptitious. 

  • Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below. 

  • Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating. 

  • Insincere; sarcastic. 

  • An underhanded compliment is actually criticism. 

  • His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified. 

  • Understaffed. 

noun
  • Devious people, collectively. 

adv
  • In an underhanded manner. 

How often have the words crafty and underhanded occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )