faithful vs underhanded

faithful

adj
  • Reliable; worthy of trust. 

  • Consistent with reality. 

  • Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause. 

  • Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory. 

  • Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner. 

  • Having faith. 

noun
  • Someone or something that is faithful or reliable. 

  • The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause. 

underhanded

adj
  • Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating. 

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

  • Insincere; sarcastic. 

  • An underhanded compliment is actually criticism. 

  • Secret; surreptitious. 

  • His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified. 

  • Understaffed. 

noun
  • Devious people, collectively. 

adv
  • In an underhanded manner. 

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