Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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underhand

/ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/ adjective, adverb, verb, noun

Forms underhands underhanding underhanded

  1. adjective Secret; clandestine.
  2. adjective (by extension) Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
  3. adjective (in various ball games, of a ball) Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.
  4. adverb With an underhand movement.
  5. adverb In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.
  6. verb (transitive) To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
  7. verb (transitive) To trick, deceive or gull.
  8. verb (mining) To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
  9. noun (textiles) The lower of two hands, the hand under the work. “Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.”

Synonyms

sneaky underhanded backdoor underarm underhandedly

Antonyms

overhand

Etymology

From under + hand.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. Addison.
  2. adjective Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
  3. adverb By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
  4. adverb In an underhand manner; --said of pitching or bowling.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “underhand”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details