moral vs underhanded

moral

verb
  • To moralize. 

noun
  • Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct. 

  • The ethical significance or practical lesson. 

adj
  • Probable but not proved. 

  • Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour. 

  • Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment. 

  • Capable of right and wrong action. 

  • Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will. 

underhanded

noun
  • Devious people, collectively. 

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

  • Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating. 

  • Insincere; sarcastic. 

  • An underhanded compliment is actually criticism. 

  • Secret; surreptitious. 

  • His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified. 

  • Understaffed. 

adv
  • In an underhanded manner. 

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